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283, 291, 301, 335–36, 344 n
    Rhodes, June, 317
    Robeson, Paul, 182
    Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 184
    Robinson, Helen (Mrs. Theodore Douglas), 317
    Rockefeller, Nelson A., 292, 293, 331, 334, 344 n
    Roosevelt, Amy, 173
    Roosevelt, Anna, see Halsted, Anna
    Roosevelt, Anne, 334
    Roosevelt, Belle (Mrs. Kermit), 2, 3, 178, 317–18
    Roosevelt, Chandler, 188
    Roosevelt, Curtis (Buzzy), 321, 336, 338
    Roosevelt, Diana, 173
    Roosevelt, Dorothy K., 173
    Roosevelt, Eleanor:
    AAUN’s party for her, 239
    anti-Catholic bias, 287
    attitude toward holding public office, 132
    backs international control of atomic weapons, 18–19
    concern for world peace, 18
    denies having political power, 278
    enjoys a good scrap, 151
    European trip (1956), 263
    first formal press conference since leaving White House, 22
    George C. Marshall and, 90–92, 96
    on her 1956 civil rights stand, 262
    her seventieth birthday, 237–38
    jobs unrelated to UN assignment, 30–32
    on Little Rock crisis, 262
    in London for UN Assembly visitors and welcome letters, 26–27
    long-hoped-for trip to Soviet Union, 15–16
    looking for job to do, 15–18
    newspaper column suffers due to Stevenson campaign, 270–71
    partial deafness, 48 n
    slides on floor of Palais des Nations, 57
    State Department refuses to allow Red China trip, 271
    Tommy’s death, 238
    trip to Kansas reminder of advancing age, 283–84
    visit to Israel and Arab countries (1952), 130
    Westbrook Pegler’s attacks on, 150–51
    see also Cold War; Democrats/Democratic party; Palestine question; United Nations
    Roosevelt, Eleanor, ambassador:
    extraordinary: reports on her journey, 202–3
    trip to Chile, 203
    trip to Near East, India, and Pakistan, 193, 195–203
    visit to Scandinavian and Benelux countries, 188–91
    Roosevelt, Eleanor, An American Phenomenon:
    almost resigns from UN, 175
    children’s quarrels and personal problems a source of anxiety, 177–79
    on Fala, 171–72
    finishes This I Remember , problems with Bruce Gould, 184–85
    friendship with David Gurewitsch, 179–80
    helping her sons may cause criticism, 169
    and her sons’ political ambitions, 173–76
    Lucy Mercer affair revived, 186, 187
    named correspondent by Earl Miller’s wife, 170
    narrates Peter and the Wolf , 183
    NBC and WNBC talk shows, 181–83
    partnership with Elliott at Val-Kill, 168–69
    radio program with Anna, 181–82
    relationship with Elliott, 171, 178
    taste in poetry, 184
    Tommy exhausted, her successor, 171
    transfer to McCall’s , publication and reception of book, 185–86
    Val-Kill center for Roosevelt clan, 172–73
    Val-Kill in gatherings of family and friends, 176
    Val-Kill sanctuary from public life, 171
    work schedule, requests, correspondence (1948), 164–68
    Roosevelt, Eleanor, feud with Cardinal Spellman over federal aid to parochial schools, 151–63
    her concern for Lehman, 161–62
    offers to give up UN post over, 157–58
    opposition to J. F. Kennedy and, 162
    a reconciliation affected, 158–61
    Roosevelt, Eleanor, Franklin’s death and, 1–5
    children quarrel over political legacy, 8–9
    return to Hyde Park, 3–5
    return to public activity, 9–11
    settling Franklin’s estate, 6–7
    V-E Day radio speech, 5–6
    Roosevelt, Eleanor, Khrushchev’s visits to Hyde Park, 276–78
    criticism of, 277
    Roosevelt, Eleanor, round-the-world trip:
    in England, 233
    in Greece, lunches with king and queen, 231
    greeted in New York by Johnny and Anne, reporters ask about McCarthy, 233–34
    Hong Kong, 229–30
    India and Istanbul stopovers, 230
    Japan, 222–29
    in Yugoslavia, meets with Tito, 231–34
    Roosevelt, Eleanor, summer, 1956:
    automobile accident, 44
    personal and literary concerns, 43–44
    Roosevelt, Eleanor, To the End, Courage:
    active despite illness, 334–36
    active social life entertaining friends, 317–18
    advertises in column to pay taxi fare, 315
    celebrating special occasions, 316
    children turn to in times of crisis, 323
    disease diagnosed as bone-marrow tuberculosis,