You Learn By Living - Signed 1st Edition

NY: Lothrop Company, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 1960, You Learn By Living by Eleanor Roosevelt, signed 1st edition, Harper & Brothers. Signed on the front endpaper by Eleanor Roosevelt. and later inscribed [as a Christmas gift] by Abba Schwartz, a close political associate of J FK, Robert F. Kennedy, and Eleanor Roosevelt's trusted advisor. When Kennedy became President he named Schwartz Assistant Secretary of State for Security and Consular Affairs. One of the most admired people of the twentieth century, Eleanor Roosevelt remains a role model for a life well lived. At the age of seventy-six, just two years before her death, Roosevelt wrote this simple guide toward a more fulfilling life. Her commonsense ideas-and heartfelt ideals-presented in this volume are as relevant today as they ever were. Her keys to a life well lived? Learning to Learn Fear: The Great Enemy The Use of Time; The Difficult Art of Maturity Readjustment Is Endless Learning to Be Useful The Right to Be an Individual How to Get the Best out of People Facing Responsibility How Everyone Can Take Part in Politics Learning to Be a Public Servant. Excellent collectible condition..