{"product_id":"9781620970492","title":"The First Lady of Radio: Eleanor Roosevelt's Historic Broadcasts","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the afternoon of December 7, 1941, as a stunned nation gathered around the radio to hear the latest about Pearl Harbor, Eleanor Roosevelt was preparing for her weekly Sunday evening national radio program. At 6:45 p.m., listeners to the NBC Blue network heard the First Lady’s calm, measured voice explain that the president was conferring with his top advisors to address the crisis. It was a remarkable broadcast. With America on the verge of war, the nation heard first not from their president, but from his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleanor Roosevelt's groundbreaking career as a professional radio broadcaster is almost entirely forgotten. As First Lady, she hosted a series of prime time programs that revolutionized how Americans related to their chief executive and his family. Now, \u003ci\u003eThe First Lady of Radio\u003c\/i\u003e rescues these broadcasts from the archives, presenting a carefully curated sampling of transcripts of Roosevelt's most famous and influential radio shows, edited and set into context by award-winning author and radio producer Stephen Drury Smith. With a foreword by Roosevelt's famed biographer, historian Blanche Wiesen Cook, \u003ci\u003eThe First Lady of Radio\u003c\/i\u003e is both a historical treasure and a fascinating window onto the power and the influence of a pioneering First Lady.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130704118000,"sku":"9781620970492","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781620970492_p0.jpg?v=1763858233","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781620970492","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}