Eleanor Roosevelt dedicated her life to fighting for the rights of the oppressed and forgotten, including her signature achievement: pushing FDR to set up the National Youth Administration.

The role of first lady is to support the president, keep your opinions to yourself and smile. But Eleanor Roosevelt was having none of that. She intended to use the position to benefit ordinary ...

She really is a completely different First Lady. Eleanor Roosevelt was not going to suffer and withdraw in the White House. And I think he's a very different President. He does not want his wife ...

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the first lady of American politics, died last night in her Manhattan apartment at the age of 78. Mrs. Roosevelt, who presided over the White House for 12 years as the wife ...

In her long tenure as First Lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt was known as a woman of the people — so much so that she was responsible for serving the worst food in White House ...

Biography of former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who forged a new role for herself in the years after her husband's death.

When first lady Eleanor Roosevelt first visited the mining town of Scotts Run, she was stunned by the poverty she encountered. She resolved to deliver the refurbishment they desperately needed ...

T he Arts4all Foundation hosted a commemoration event at Queens College in Flushing, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, to mark the 76th anniversary of Human Rights Day and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's 140th ...

By the time FDR ran for president, First Lady for 12 years and an enduring presence among the world's most admired women, Eleanor Roosevelt reached millions of Americans through her syndicated ...

National Museum of African American History and Culture Telegram to Althea Gibson from Eleanor Roosevelt National Museum of American History Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt National Museum of American History ...

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