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New York City and the New Woman
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This chapter describes Eleanor Roosevelt's speech to the New York City Democratic women and her first meeting with Nancy Cook, which led to meeting Cook's partner, Marion Dickerman, their close friendship, and to their activities to organize the state's progressive Democratic women. Cook and Dickerman, life partners, are introduced to the reader.
Title: New York City and the New Woman
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This chapter describes Eleanor Roosevelt's speech to the New York City Democratic women and her first meeting with Nancy Cook, which led to meeting Cook's partner, Marion Dickerman, their close friendship, and to their activities to organize the state's progressive Democratic women.
Cook and Dickerman, life partners, are introduced to the reader.
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