Bøker av Martha H. Swain

Ellen S. Woodward was touted as Roosevelt's second most powerful woman appointee. Among women only Eleanor Roosevelt and Frances Perkins could claim more elevated roles in FDR's administration. This long overdue biography traces Woodward's odyssey from the parlors of Mississippi to director of women's work relief under three New Deal agencies.

Byron Patton "Pat" Harrison was chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance during the New Deal, and under his tutelage the committee handled many of the major measures of the decade. This study focuses on Pat Harrison's relationships with major New Deal figures.