Weed Memorial & Hollander Branch Book Discussion Via Zoom: Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray

Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray

Frances Perkins arrives in New York City at the turn of the 20th century, armed with determination to make a difference. But when she meets a young lawyer named Franklin Delano Roosevelt, sparks fly in all the wrong directions. Frances thinks he’s arrogant, getting by on his famous name. He thinks she’s an insufferable do-gooder. Neither knows it yet, but they will form a historic partnership that will carry them both to the White House.

Frances is destined to rise in a political world dominated by men, facing down the Great Depression as FDR’s most trusted lieutenant—even as she struggles to balance the demands of a public career with marriage and motherhood. And when political attacks and personal tragedies threaten to derail her ambitions, she must decide what she’s willing to do to save a nation.

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