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A TOWN & COUNTRY MUST READ BOOK OF 2025AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH – BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRA deeply researched biography of the socialite, political hostess, activist and United States envoy to Luxembourg, Perle Mesta, from New York Times bestselling author Meryl Mesta was a force to be reckoned with. In her heyday, this wealthy globe-trotting Washington widow was one of the most famous women in America, garnering as much media attention as Eleanor Roosevelt. Renowned for her world-class parties featuring politicians and celebrities, she was very close to three presidents-Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson. Truman named her as the first female envoy to Luxembourg, which inspired the hit musical Call Me Madam, which starred Ethel Merman, ran on Broadway for two years and later became a movie. A pioneering supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment, she was a prodigious Democratic fundraiser and rescued Harry Truman’s financially flailing 1948 this intensely researched biography, author Meryl Gordon chronicles Perle’s lavish life and society adventures in Newport, Manhattan and Washington, while highlighting her important, but nearly forgotten contribution to American politics and the feminist movement. “A lively, well-researched account of a powerful woman.” ―Kirkus Reviews“A reverent ode to an overlooked fixture of midcentury American politics.” ―Publishers Weekly
Author: Meryl Gordon
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 1/7/2025
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0 lbs
Size: 0″ H x 0″ L x 0″ W
ISBN: 9781538751244
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