A Hero's Religion
May 27, 1996 · Ellen Fielding, Casual, Magazine
I was astonished to read in Noemie Emery's article on Eleanor Roosevelt that Mrs. Roosevelt disliked "lower class, fat, ostentatiously Catholic [Whittaker] Chambers" ("Mrs. Roosevelt, Liberal Icon," May 13)l. As an ostentatious Catholic myself, I don't doubt Mrs. Roosevelt's distaste, but Chamber's…
A Hero's Religion
May 27, 1996 · Ellen Fielding, Casual, Magazine
I was astonished to read in Noemie Emery's article on Eleanor Roosevelt that Mrs. Roosevelt disliked "lower class, fat, ostentatiously Catholic [Whittaker] Chambers" ("Mrs. Roosevelt, Liberal Icon," May 13)l. As an ostentatious Catholic myself, I don't doubt Mrs. Roosevelt's distaste, but Chamber's…