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\nAuthor Shannon McKenna Schmidt will be discussing her book\, The First Lady of World War II: Eleanor Roosevelt's Daring Jour ney to the Frontlines and Back -- \; the first book to tell the f ull story of Eleanor Roosevelt's unprecedented and courageous trip to the Pacific Theater during World War II. We'll discuss how the trip impacted t he war effort\, Eleanor\, and the world. It's guaranteed to be a fascinati ng conversation and we hope you can join us for it!
\nNote:& nbsp\;This program will be recorded and a link will be sent to al l registrants soon after the program. It will be available on YouTube for one month. \;
\nAbout \;The First Lady of World War II:
\nOn August 27\, 1943\, news broke in the United States that First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was on the other side of the world. A c losely guarded secret\, she had left San Francisco aboard a military trans port plane headed for the South Pacific to support and report the troops o n WW2's front lines.
\nAmericans had believed she was secluded at ho me.
\nAs Allied forces battled the Japanese for control of the regio n\, Eleanor was there on the frontlines\, spending five weeks traveling\, on a mission as First Lady of the United States to experience what our ser vicemen were experiencing... and report back home.
\n"No other U.S.
mother had seen so much of the panorama of the war\, had been closer to th
e sweat and boredom\, the suffering."
―Time\, \;October 4\
, 1943
About Shannon:
\nShannon McKenna Sch midt is the author of \;You Can't Catch Us: Lady Bird Johnson's Tr ailblazing 1964 Campaign Train and the Women Who Rode with Her&nb sp\;and \;The First Lady of World War II: Eleanor Roosevelt&rsquo\;s D aring Journey to the Frontlines and Back. She is also the coauthor of \;Novel Destinations: A Travel Guide to Literary Landmarks from J ane Austen&rsquo\;s Bath to Ernest Hemingway&rsquo\;s Key West \; and \;Writers Between the Covers: The Scandalous Romantic Lives of Legendary Literary Casanovas\, Coquettes\, and Cads.
\nIn addi tion\, Shannon has written for National Geographic Traveler\, Shelf Awaren ess\, and other publications and websites. She has been a guest on radio a nd television programs including MSNBC&rsquo\;s Morning Joe\, and she has spoken at the FDR Presidential Library and Museum\, the Roosevelt House Pu blic Policy Institute at Hunter College\, the National World War II Museum \, and many other venues. An avid traveler\, she spent a seven-year stretc h on the road full-time\, first trekking the United States by RV and then backpacking around the globe. Shannon lives in Hoboken\, New Jersey.
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\nThis program \; p resented in partnership with the Ashland Public Library.
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