Includes index.

A victory for humanity -- First lady of the world -- Privileged, but unhappy -- A double tragedy -- A first flowering -- Marriage -- Less than domestic bliss -- World War I -- Turning point -- Betrayed -- The League of Nations -- Polio -- "A highly capable politician" -- In her own right -- The governor's wife -- "Black Thursday" -- The Great Depression -- President -- The New Deal -- First lady -- Success -- Failure -- Upsetting the bigots -- Roosevelt and the press -- Roosevelt and feminism -- Elearnor Roosevelt, columnist -- "I would rather die than submit to tyranny" -- "A date which will live infamy" -- The tide turns -- The United Nations -- FDR dies -- United Nations delegate -- Clash with Vyshinsky -- A capacity for hard work -- "A task for which I am ill-equipped" -- Working out the details -- The great divide -- "The basic document of our times" -- The declaration is adopted -- Only the first step -- Human rights abuses -- Ahead of her time -- The United States turns its back on human rights -- A private citizen again -- "Life was meant to be lived" -- Back to the United Nations -- Failing health.

A biography of Eleanor Roosevelt, a politician, writer, first lady, and humanitarian who was instrumental in drafting the United Nations "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" and convincing member nations to adopt it.