Eleanor Roosevelt, Hillary Clinton and the Legacy of Powerful First Ladies

In 1999, historian Blanche Wiesen Cook wrote a book about the woman she called "the most loved, most controversial, most hated, and most effective First Lady in U.S. history.” The book was the second volume of her three-part biography of Eleanor Roosevelt, and now, on the final volume's publication, she still believes Roosevelt has held onto those superlatives.

But now more than ever, she concedes, Hillary Clinton is giving Roosevelt a run for her money.