The First Lady of World War II

The first book to tell the full story of Eleanor Roosevelt’s unprecedented and courageous trip to the Pacific Theater during World War II. On August 27,1943news broke in the United States that First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was on the other side of the world. A closely guarded secretshe had left San Francisco aboard a military transport plane headed for the South Pacific to support and report the troops on WW2’s front lines. Americans had believed she was secluded at home. As Allied forces battled the Japanese for control of the regionEleanor was there on the frontlinesspending five weeks travelingon a mission as First Lady of the United States to experience what our servicemen were experiencing… and report back home. \