Gorham, Christopher. The Confidante: the untold story of the woman who helped win World War II and shape modern America. 384 pages. Pub: 2023 (Livia)
“It’s about a woman named Anna Rosenberg, who was a close personal advisor to FDR and played a major role in labor/management relations during the war. The Jewish angle is about the anti-semitism she encountered, but there’s also a civil rights interest as she was instrumental in desegregating the armed forces; and a feminist angle because of her role [in] opening “mens” jobs to women.” Livia
“As Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s special envoy to Europe in World War II she went where the president couldn’t go. She was among the first Allied women to enter a liberated concentration camp, and stood in the Eagle’s Nest, Hitler’s mountain retreat, days after its capture. She guided the direction of the G.I. Bill of Rights and the Manhattan Project. Though Anna Rosenberg emerged from modest immigrant beginnings, equipped with only a high school education, she was the real power behind national policies critical to America winning the war and prospering afterward. Astonishingly, her story remains largely forgotten.” Amazon
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