[Rarebooks] FS: Eleanor Roosevelt Dedication Copy of LADIES OF COURAGE

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ROOSEVELT,  Eleanor & HICKOK, Lorena. LADIES OF  COURAGE
        (The Dedication  Copy  Inscribed to Molly Dewson). New  York:
        Putnam's  (1954). First Edition. Molly Dewson's copy, to whom
        the book  is dedicated. Beneath the printed dedication is the
        following  INSCRIPTION  in Eleanor Roosevelt's  hand:  "Molly
        dear,/You  started  things  for  the/Ladies  so  we  dedicate
        this/to  you  with  admiration &/affection." SIGNED  by  both
        Roosevelt  and  Hickok below. An account of women's  struggle
        for recognition  in  American public life with a  chapter  on
        Eleanor   Roosevelt  by  Hickok  as   well  as  a  number  of
        references  to  Dewson.  At  one point  Hickok  writes  about
        Dewson's  habit  of thrusting her hands into her pockets.  In
        the margin  Dewson  has  written "I never did  this.  M.W.D."
        Dewson,  a  lesbian, entered politics at Eleanor  Roosevelt's
        request,    organizing  Democratic  women   for  Al   Smith's
        presidential campaign in 1928 and for FDR's campaign in 1932,
        going on    to  become  head   of  the  Democratic   National
        Committee's     Women's    Division      where,   among   her
        accomplishments,  she  succeeded  in  getting  women  on  the
        Platform  Committee  at the national  Democratic  Convention.
        Under her  leadership  in the 1930s women for the first  time
        made an  active and important contribution to the election of
        a President.  Dewson  was  also largely responsible  for  the
        appointment   of  the  first   female  Cabinet  member.   The
        thirty-year  relationship  between the authors of  the  book,
        Roosevelt  and Hickok, who actually lived in the White  House
        during  part  of  FDR's  term, has been the  source  of  much
        speculation  with  many  believing that they were  more  than
        friends.  THE  most  important copy of this  uncommon  title.
        Withdrawn  from  a  library  with  pocket  at  rear.  Minimal
        library   markings.  Very  Good,   lacking  the  dustwrapper.
                                                             $5000

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