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  <p class="">Blanche Wiesen Cook, Graduate Center historian and the definitive biographer of <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/529256/eleanor-roosevelt-volume-3-by-blanche-wiesen-cook/9780143109624/">Eleanor Roosevelt</a>, on her former home, now a CUNY-affiliated think tank in the Upper East Side.</p>

Blanche Wiesen Cook, Graduate Center historian and the definitive biographer of Eleanor Roosevelt, on her former home, now a CUNY-affiliated think tank in the Upper East Side.


          
        
        

        
          
            
          
            
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                

            
          
        
          
        

        
      
        
      

    
  


  





  <p>Blanche Wiesen Cook, Graduate Center historian and the definitive biographer of <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/529256/eleanor-roosevelt-volume-3-by-blanche-wiesen-cook/9780143109624/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Eleanor Roosevelt</a>, on her former home, now a CUNY-affiliated think tank in the Upper East Side.</p>

Season 1, Episode 17: Roosevelt House

A podcast featuring scholars and experts talking about New York City’s most important historical sites and organizations, for Open House New York (OHNY) Weekend. Each recording presents a story or narrative about some participating location or institution, which can be used to supplement in-person visits, or to bring the OHNY Weekend experience home to anyone unable to see these NYC treasures.

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