This I Remember: Telling with frankness and charm what it is like to be the President's wife, Eleanor Roosevelt writes about the great events and personal experiences during the years that began with the governorship and ended with F.D.R.'s death.

"First Lady of the World" is how President Harry Truman referred to Eleanor Roosevelt. At roughly the same time J. Edgar Hoover thought Eleanor might be a Communist. But as author and intellectual Garry Wills wrote, "there was nothing radical about her, either in temperament or principle. She would not join in civil rights activities if they included civil disobedience."

Eleanor Roosevelt beautifully signed card with The White House Washington engraved in top right corner (see picture). Card is very neatly mounted on half title page. Book is very good condition generally toned throughout and price clipped. Dust jacket also very good with tears on top of binding and smaller chips on bottom of binding. Front and back of dust jacket are in very good condition (see pictures). Protected by Brodart book jacket cover.

"This I Remember" is Eleanor Roosevelt's recollections of the years preceding FDR's first term as Governor Of NYS to the day of his death during his 4th term as President of the United States. She is considered by many to be America's most inspiring and influential first lady. She stated, "When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die."

The arrival of Eleanor Roosevelt as First Lady transformed the post into its current energetic, activist incarnation. Despite leaving The White House more than 75 years ago Eleanor Roosevelt is still ranked first among all other women who have served as America's First Ladies.

Another of her most famous quotes was a remark she made to VP Harry Truman. Truman had been Vice President for 82 days when President Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945. Truman, presiding over the Senate, as usual, had just adjourned the session for the day and was preparing to have a drink in House Speaker Sam Rayburn's office when he received an urgent message to go immediately to the White House, where Eleanor Roosevelt told him that her husband had died after a massive cerebral hemorrhage. Truman asked her if there was anything he could do for her; she replied, "Is there anything we can do for you? For you are the one in trouble now!"

Mrs. Roosevelt took up many different social and cultural causes during her travels across the nation, holding press conferences, hosting radio programs and writing newspaper columns along the way.