Both myself and my mom loved this book! I love looking at different sides of history, and that is exactly what this book does.

This was a very readable history of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt- mothers of two men who were pivotal in 20th century politics. Charlotte Gray covers these women through a refreshingly modern lens and I can see adapting the introduction as a historiography mentor text for my senior history students. Gray describes that although many autobiographers and historians have written about these women, it has always been from a male perspective. Gray delves into the limitations and reality faced by women in the 19th century, yet addresses their privilege as white women of wealth and the advantages that gave them. It was a good balance.

This was an ARC review for Netgalley.