TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schmidt,Shannon McKenna
TI  - First lady of World War II: Eleanor Roosevelt's daring journey to the frontlines and back 
SN  - 9781728256610
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - Naperville, Illinois
PB  - Sourcebooks
KW  - Roosevelt, Eleanor,
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Pacific Area
KW  - War and society
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Presidents' spouses
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "On August 27, 1943, news broke in the United States that First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was on the other side of the world. A closely guarded secret, she had left San Francisco aboard a military transport plane headed for the South Pacific to support and report the troops on WW2's front lines. Meanwhile, for those ten days, Americans had believed she was secluded at home. As Allied forces battled the Japanese for control of the region, Eleanor was THERE, spending five weeks traveling to islands in the area, as well as Hawaii, New Zealand, and Australia, on a mission as First Lady of the United States to experience what our servicemen were experiencing... and report back home"--
ER  -