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Collections of Roosevelt’s syndicated newspaper column written six days weekly from 1935-1962, offering accessible, diary-like observations on daily life, politics, civil rights, and current events that reached millions of American readers.

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“If the use of leisure time is confined to looking at TV for a few extra hours every day, we will deteriorate as a people.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Title: My Day

Author: Eleanor Roosevelt

Type: Book

Publisher: n/a

Publication time: 1935-1962

Link: https://erpapers.columbian.gwu.edu/my-day

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