Roy Jenkins.
ROY JENKINS
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT (2003)
Franklin Roosevelt (born 1882) was in 1932 elected USA President in a landslide. He embarked on a massive programme of government action to address the Great Depression, and led the USA through the first part of the Second World War.
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Roy Jenkins (born 1920) was a prolific and successful author as well as being a highly influential and effective Labour Minister. In 1965 he was appointed Home Secretary by Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson. During his time as Home Secretary he initiated a sweeping programme of social reforms, This included the liberalisation of both divorce and abortion law, the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality, and the virrtual abolition of capital punishment. He also oversaw the aboltion of theatre censorship. The son of Arthur Jenkins, a coal miner and Labour MP, Roy Jenkins attended Oxford University, of which in retirement he beame Chancellor.
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BIOGRAPHIES BY ROY JENKINS
Roosevelt, Franklin. American President. By Roy Jenkins 2005.
Churchill, Winston. Wartime Prime Minister. By Roy Jenkins. 2001.
Gladstone, William. British Prime Minister. By Roy Jenkins. 1995.
Truman, Harry. President of the USA. By Roy Jenkins. 1986.
Baldwin, Stanley. British Prime Minister. By Roy Jenkins. 1984.
Asquith, Herbert. British Prime Minister. By Roy Jenkins. 1964.
Dilke, Charles. A Victorian tragedy. By Roy Jenkins. 1958.
Attlee, Clement. Labour Prime Minister. By Roy Jenkins. 1948.