How Eleanor Roosevelt And JFK Turned Conflict Into Partnership
About this episode
The episode explores the unlikely political alliance between Eleanor Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy through a discussion with historian Barbara Perry.
Eleanor Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy don’t sound like a natural pairing and that’s exactly why we wanted to sit with this story. We talk with presidential historian Barbara Perry of UVA’s Miller Center about her forthcoming book, Reconcilable Differences: The Unlikely Political Alliance of John F. Kennedy and Eleanor Roosevelt, and what it reveals about political courage when your toughest critic is inside your own party. We start at Hyde Park and Val-Kill, where a single photo of Ele...
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