1994 Newbery Honor Book • Library of Congress Children's Books • Jane Addams Book Award Honor Book • Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts (NCTE) • Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) • Parenting Magazine Reading Magic Award • Golden Kite Award • Publishers Weekly Best Book • School Library Journal Best Book • Bulletin Blue Ribbon (The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books) • ALA Notable Children's Book • New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age• Boston Globe/Horn Book Award • Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Illinois) • Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (Vermont) • Not Just for Children Anymore! (Children's Book Council) • Horn Book Fanfare

 

The intriguing story of Eleanor Roosevelt traces the life of the former First Lady from her early childhood through the tumultuous years in the White House to her active role in the founding of the United Nations after World War II.