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SUMMARY:Harry Bennett Book Discussion via Zoom: Becoming Madam Secretary B
 y Stephanie Dray
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DESCRIPTION:Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie DrayRaised on tales of h
 er revolutionary ancestors, Frances Perkins arrives in New York City at th
 e turn of the 20th century armed with her trusty parasol and an unyielding
  determination to make a difference. When she's not working with chil
 dren in the crowded tenements in Hell's Kitchen, Frances throws herse
 lf into the social scene in Greenwich Village, befriending an eclectic gro
 up of politicians, artists and activists, including the millionaire social
 ite Mary Harriman Rumsey, the flirtatious budding author Sinclair Lewis, a
 nd the brilliant but troubled reformer Paul Wilson, with whom she falls de
 eply in love. But when Frances meets a young lawyer named Franklin Delano
  Roosevelt at a tea dance, sparks fly in all the wrong directions. She thi
 nks he's a rich, arrogant dilettante who gets by on a handsome face a
 nd a famous name. He thinks she's a priggish bluestocking and insuffe
 rable do-gooder. Neither knows it yet, but over the next 20 years, they wi
 ll form a historic partnership that will carry them both to the White Hous
 e. Frances is destined to rise in a political world dominated by men, faci
 ng down the Great Depression as FDR's most trusted lieutenant, even a
 s she struggles to balance the demands of a public career with marriage an
 d motherhood. And when vicious political attacks mount and personal traged
 ies threaten to derail her ambitions, she must decide what she's will
 ing to do—and what she's willing to sacrifice—to save a nation.Re
 gistration appreciated.Join the discussion here at the scheduled time.
URL:https://www.fergusonlibrary.org/event/harry-bennett-book-discussion-be
 coming-madam-secretary-stephanie-dray-87412
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