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- catalog abstract "Catherine Conner spent her formative years on a farm named "Solitude," located outside of Bardstown. Though she enjoyed privilege, Connor also witnessed the harsher sides of rural life. Those experiences markedly shaped the personality of a woman who would become the youngest National Democratic Committeewoman and would subsequently serve in FDR's inner circle. Connor began her political career in Kentucky under the tutelage of J. Dan Talbott of Bardstown, heading the successful effort the have Federal Hill, better known as "My Old Kentucky Home," preserved as a state park, now one of the most popular. She acted as a special assistant to Harry Hopkins for five years, helping set up departments to carry out New Deal programs and lobbying to shepherd Roosevelt's measures through Congress. Throughout her life, Conner witnessed remarkable events and interacted with some of the memorable figures of this century. She saw the Hindenburg crash, met Amelia Earhart, had Cary Grant show her how to gut a Thanksgiving turkey, and with the help of Mildred Chandler, hosted a highly eventful visit of the Dominican dictator General Rafael Trujillo.".
- catalog contributor b11120065.
- catalog coverage "Bullitt County (Ky.) Biography.".
- catalog coverage "Kentucky Politics and government 1865-1950.".
- catalog coverage "Kentucky Politics and government 1951-".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1933-1945.".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1945-1989.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description "Catherine Conner spent her formative years on a farm named "Solitude," located outside of Bardstown. Though she enjoyed privilege, Connor also witnessed the harsher sides of rural life. Those experiences markedly shaped the personality of a woman who would become the youngest National Democratic Committeewoman and would subsequently serve in FDR's inner circle. Connor began her political career in Kentucky under the tutelage of J. Dan Talbott of Bardstown, heading the successful effort the have Federal Hill, better known as "My Old Kentucky Home," preserved as a state park, now one of the most popular.".
- catalog description "She acted as a special assistant to Harry Hopkins for five years, helping set up departments to carry out New Deal programs and lobbying to shepherd Roosevelt's measures through Congress. Throughout her life, Conner witnessed remarkable events and interacted with some of the memorable figures of this century. She saw the Hindenburg crash, met Amelia Earhart, had Cary Grant show her how to gut a Thanksgiving turkey, and with the help of Mildred Chandler, hosted a highly eventful visit of the Dominican dictator General Rafael Trujillo.".
- catalog extent "x, 179 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "From my old Kentucky home to the White House.".
- catalog identifier "0813121027 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "From my old Kentucky home to the White House.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky,".
- catalog relation "From my old Kentucky home to the White House.".
- catalog spatial "Bullitt County (Ky.) Biography.".
- catalog spatial "Kentucky Politics and government 1865-1950.".
- catalog spatial "Kentucky Politics and government 1951-".
- catalog spatial "Kentucky".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1933-1945.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1945-1989.".
- catalog subject "973.91/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Conner, Catherine, 1900-".
- catalog subject "F456 .C75 1999".
- catalog subject "Politicians Kentucky Biography.".
- catalog subject "Women politicians Kentucky Biography.".
- catalog title "From my old Kentucky home to the White House : the political journey of Catherine Conner / Catherine Conner.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".