First Lady of Radio (eBook)

Stephen Drury Smith is the executive editor and host of American RadioWorks (ARW). He is also the host of NPR's Bright Ideas. Smith and ARW have been awarded the duPont-Dolumbia University Fold and Silver Batons. Smith is the co-editor of three booksSay it Plain, Say it Loud, and After the Fallall available from The New Press. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. Blanche Wiesen Cook is Distinguished Professor of History at John Jay College in the City University of New York and the author of Eleanor Roosevelt. She lives in New York City.

ContentsDedicationAcknowledgmentsA Note on the TranscriptsForeword by Blanche Wiesen CookIntroductionThe Girl of Today”Woman’s Career vs. Woman’s Home”A Mother’s Responsibility as a Citizen”Concluding Broadcast”Negro Education”When Will a Woman Become President of the US?”Shall a Woman Be Herself?”A Day in the White House”Peace Through Education”World Court Broadcast”Making the Wheels Go Round in the White House”Keeping House on a Budget in the White House”What It Means To Be the Wife Of The President”Education of a Daughter for the 20th Century”Problems of Working Women”Life in a Tenement”Eleanor Roosevelt Interviewed on the Causes and Cures of War”Domestic Workers and Government Housing”Questions About the White House”Democracy”Political Conventions and Campaign Trips”Planning for War and Post-War Periods”Peace, Democracy and Ideals”Address to the Democratic National Convention”Shall We Arm Merchant Ships?”Freedom of Speech”Propaganda”Isolationists”Pearl Harbor Attack”Civilian Defense”Preparedness for War”Enemy Aliens and Women in War Work”Answering Her Critics”Broadcast From Liverpool”Wartime Conditions in Great Britain”D-Day Message”V-E Day Radio Message”V-J Day Radio Message”Endnotes