How long does it take to read Eleanor Roosevelt?
Vol. 1, 1884-1933
Blanche Wiesen Cook
Eleanor Roosevelt by Blanche Wiesen Cook takes about 10 hours 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 46 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1992. 587 pages, about 161,425 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The first volume in the life of America's greatest First Lady, "a woman who changed the lives of millions" (Washington Post). Eleanor Roosevelt was born into the privileges and prejudices of American aristocracy and into a family ravaged by alcoholism. She overcame debilitating roots: in her public life, fighting against racism and injustice and advancing the rights of women; and in her private life, forming lasting intimate friendships with some of the great men and women of her times. This volume covers ER's family and birth, her childhood, education, and marriage, and ends with FDR's election to the Presidency--the years of ER's youth and coming of age. Celebrated by feminists, historians, politicians, and reviewers everywhere, Cook's trilogy is an unprecedented portrait of a brave, fierce, passionate political leader of our century.
Subjects: Biography, Presidents, Presidents' spouses, Wives, Presidents' spouses, united states, Women, political activity
