Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Day, A Personal Album, by A. David Gurewitsch, M.D. (oversize TPB, 1974, $2.50)
Eleanor Roosevelt was the chairman of the Human Rights Commission, which wrote the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. She was "First Lady of the World", and beloved by many.
A. David Gurewitsch, M.D. took the photographs of this great lady. He was not a professional photographer. He met Mrs. Roosevelt when he became her private physician. They only became close, though, after he was diagnosed with a mild case of TB. They traveled to Geneva on the same plane, she for her job at the UN, he for treatment for his TB. The trip took more than 4 days, and at the end of it they had become friends. Once the doctor was able to return home, the friendship continued, and the two families became close. When he first took his lay photographs, he was careful of her privacy, and not to include her. She, though, had other ideas, and with her encouragement he would eventually take many personal pictures of her, which became the basis for this book.
Look for this book in the biography section, avail 12/7.
