[PROGRAM] [MENU] Program of the Seventy-Three Club Banquet

Washington DC, 1936. Staplebound. Illustrated wraps. Very good. Unpaginated (8 pages). 23 x 16 cm. A charming Program celebrating Eleanor Roosevelt by the Seventy Three Club on March 25, 1936 at the Mayflower Hotel; the wives of the members of the Seventy-third Congress. The 73rd Congress (1933-1935) passed an extraordinary burst of legislation to combat the immediate economic chaos of the Great Depression during President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first 100 days in office. This Program features a poem "The Woman's Part," by Willard Webb, the Menu; featuring Broiled Filet Mignon, the entertainment; with an address by Eleanor Roosevelt, a poem "The Lady Eleanor," written by John Steven McGroaty, a poet and California congressman, music, dance (The Swift Sisters); listing of Officers of the club, the Committees, and a full list of members. Black and white photograph by the firm Harris & Ewing adorns the cover. Closed tears to head and tail of spine. Light creasing on bottom corner. Interior clean.