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The First Lady of World War II with Shannon McKenna Schmidt

The Preamble

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The Importance of Empathy in the War

Eleanor Roosevelt was a mother and she worried about her sons. She had to be visiting all of these men and picturing their mothers at home, because she could easily imagine exactly how it would feel to be one of them. I think that she always felt like she wasn't doing enough. Even while she's in Australia, she's going, you know, 20 hours a day.

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