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4790832The Woman Who Knew Everyonehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-woman-who-knew-everyone-9781549181023/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4378735/image.jpg?v=638451759042800000626626MXNHachette AudioInStock/Audiolibros/<p><strong>From a <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author, an revealing biography of feminist Perle Mestaa beloved socialite, political hostess, and United States envoy.</strong></p><p>Perle Mesta was a force to be reckoned with. In her heyday, this wealthy globe-trotting Washington widow was one of the most famous women in America, garnering as much media attention as Eleanor Roosevelt. Renowned for her world-class parties featuring politicians and celebrities, she was very close to three presidentsHarry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson. Truman named her as the first female envoy to Luxembourg, which inspired the hit musical based on Perles life Call Me Madam which starred Ethel Merman, ran on Broadway for two years and later became a movie. A pioneering supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment, she was a prodigious Democratic fundraiser and rescued Harry Trumans financially flailing 1948 campaign.</p><p>In this intensely researched biography, author Meryl Gordon chronicles Perles lavish life and society adventures in Newport, Manhattan and Washington, while highlighting her important, but nearly forgotten contribution to American politics and the feminist movement.</p>...4572112The Woman Who Knew Everyone626626https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-woman-who-knew-everyone-9781549181023/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4378735/image.jpg?v=638451759042800000InStockMXN99999DIAudiolibro20259781549181023_W3siaWQiOiI3M2ZmZTg4MC1hOWQ0LTQ1ZWItYTc3OS01N2ZjZDYyMTk2YjQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjYyNiwiZGlzY291bnQiOjAsInNlbGxpbmdQcmljZSI6NjI2LCJpbmNsdWRlc1RheCI6dHJ1ZSwicHJpY2VUeXBlIjoiV2hvbGVzYWxlIiwiY3VycmVuY3kiOiJNWE4iLCJmcm9tIjoiMjAyNS0wMS0wN1QwMDowMDowMFoiLCJyZWdpb24iOiJNWCIsImlzUHJlb3JkZXIiOmZhbHNlLCJpc0VsaWdpYmxlRm9yQ3JlZGl0VHJpYWwiOnRydWUsImNyZWRpdFB1cmNoYXNlUHJpY2UiOjF9XQ==9781549181023_<p><strong>An in-depth biography of the socialite, political hostess, crusading feminist and United States envoy to Luxembourg, Perle Mesta, from <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author Meryl Gordon.</strong></p><p>Perle Mesta was a force to be reckoned with. In her heyday the 1940s, 50s and 60s this extremely wealthy globe-trotting Washington widow was one of the most famous women in America, garnering as much media attention as Eleanor Roosevelt. Renowned for her world-class parties featuring politicians and celebrities, she was very close to three presidents Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson. After Truman named her as the first female envoy to Luxembourg, Irving Berlin wrote an entire hit musical based on Perles life Call Me Madam which starred Ethel Merman, ran on Broadway for two years and later became a movie.</p><p>Dubbed by Berlin as the hostess with the mostess, Perle inherited serious money (Texas oil) and married even more money (a Pittsburgh steel magnate). She had a rollicking life outside of Washington, befriending such Broadway legends as Merman, Angela Lansbury and Pearl Bailey. She also had a serious side. A pioneering supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment dating to the 1930s and influential champion for working women, she was a prodigious Democratic fundraiser and rescued Harry Trumans financially flailing 1948 campaign.</p><p>In this intensely researched biography, author Meryl Gordon chronicles Perles lavish life and society adventures in Newport, Manhattan and Washington while highlighting her important, but nearly forgotten contribution to American politics and the feminist movement.</p>...(*_*)9781549181023_<p><strong>From a <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author, an revealing biography of feminist Perle Mestaa beloved socialite, political hostess, and United States envoy.</strong></p><p>Perle Mesta was a force to be reckoned with. In her heyday, this wealthy globe-trotting Washington widow was one of the most famous women in America, garnering as much media attention as Eleanor Roosevelt. Renowned for her world-class parties featuring politicians and celebrities, she was very close to three presidentsHarry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson. Truman named her as the first female envoy to Luxembourg, which inspired the hit musical based on Perles life Call Me Madam which starred Ethel Merman, ran on Broadway for two years and later became a movie. A pioneering supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment, she was a prodigious Democratic fundraiser and rescued Harry Trumans financially flailing 1948 campaign.</p><p>In this intensely researched biography, author Meryl Gordon chronicles Perles lavish life and society adventures in Newport, Manhattan and Washington, while highlighting her important, but nearly forgotten contribution to American politics and the feminist movement.</p>...9781549181023_Hachette Audioaudiolibro_9781549181023_9781549181023Meryl GordonInglésMéxico2025-01-07T00:00:00+00:00NoMINUTE2025-01-07T00:00:00+00:00Hachette Audio