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No Ordinary Time

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt on the home front in World War II: the partnership, the policies, the household. Pulitzer-winning and intimate.

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  1. Partnership multiplies leadership.
  2. Conscience needs a voice at the table.
  3. Lead the home front too.

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Leadership at home.

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