# The Woman Behind the New Deal

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- Book: [The Woman Behind the New Deal](https://www.bookquiver.com/kirstin-downey/the-woman-behind-the-new-deal) ([The Woman Behind the New Deal.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/kirstin-downey/the-woman-behind-the-new-deal.md))
- Authors: [Kirstin Downey](https://www.bookquiver.com/kirstin-downey)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-14-0007-856-1
- Pages: 496
- Published: 2010-02-23
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

“Kirstin Downey’s lively, substantive and—dare I say—inspiring new biography of Perkins . . . not only illuminates Perkins’ career but also deepens the known contradictions...