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Prologue
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This prologue sets the stage in the Roosevelt house called Springwood in Hyde Park after Eleanor Roosevelt and her close friends, Marion Dickerman, and Nancy Cook, have agreed to Franklin Roosevelt's suggestion that they build a weekend cottage for themselves at nearby Val-Kill.
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This prologue sets the stage in the Roosevelt house called Springwood in Hyde Park after Eleanor Roosevelt and her close friends, Marion Dickerman, and Nancy Cook, have agreed to Franklin Roosevelt's suggestion that they build a weekend cottage for themselves at nearby Val-Kill.
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