Blanche Wiesen Cook - Eleanor Roosevelt loved to write. She was a wonderful child writer. I mean,

Eleanor Roosevelt loved to write. She was a wonderful child writer. I mean, she wrote beautiful essays and stories as a child. And Marie Souvestre really appreciated Eleanor Roosevelt's talents and encouraged her talents. Also, she spoke perfect French. She grew up speaking French. She's now at a french-speaking school where, you know, girls are coming from all over the world. Not everybody speaks French.

- Blanche Wiesen Cook

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topic: Speaking French, Marie, Wonderful Children, Essays, Speaks French