
“It wasn’t always that way for the wives of powerful men. Prior to the 1960s, the press generally kept mum about the sex lives of politicians. When Eleanor Roosevelt discovered her husband’s affair by reading a love letter, she kept it to herself â€� and used it to gain the upper hand in her marriage, which had the additional benefit of setting her free to pursue writing and social activism.”
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Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
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