Terrific portrait of Frances Perkins, arguably the most persuasive longtime proponent of landmark New Deal legistation and policy for FDR and who became the first woman Cabinet Minister as his Secretary of Labor. Despite focusing on FDR's Inner Circle and the First 100 Days, Cohen manages to give a sense of the dangerous mood of the country, illustrating with examples. Dramatic, informative, well-researched, critical of aspects of the legislation that leaned toward big business, esp in agr... (show more)

Terrific portrait of Frances Perkins, arguably the most persuasive longtime proponent of landmark New Deal legistation and policy for FDR and who became the first woman Cabinet Minister as his Secretary of Labor. Despite focusing on FDR's Inner Circle and the First 100 Days, Cohen manages to give a sense of the dangerous mood of the country, illustrating with examples. Dramatic, informative, well-researched, critical of aspects of the legislation that leaned toward big business, esp in agricultural policy: worth reading. (show less)

Incredibly beautiful photographs paired with short narrative memoirs of a difficult childhood in S F Chinatown. The author read from the book and showed the accompanying photgraphs she had taken, helping her to survive and move on. As an activist she dorked tirelessly without emotion until she realized to heal she needed to acess the frozen emotions; the reading, ti a largely Asian group of feminist activists, stimulated others to share, like the early CR sessions of long ago, from which wome... (show more)

Incredibly beautiful photographs paired with short narrative memoirs of a difficult childhood in S F Chinatown. The author read from the book and showed the accompanying photgraphs she had taken, helping her to survive and move on. As an activist she dorked tirelessly without emotion until she realized to heal she needed to acess the frozen emotions; the reading, ti a largely Asian group of feminist activists, stimulated others to share, like the early CR sessions of long ago, from which women learned about and shared systemic opresssion. The images like the cover photo of a tree growing through rock canyon are exceptional on their own. (show less)