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Hace 2 días · Eleanor Roosevelt was an American first lady (1933–45), the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States, and a United Nations diplomat and humanitarian. She was one of the world’s most widely admired and powerful women.
3 de jul. de 2024 · Franklin and Eleanor married in a private ceremony, but the bride and groom weren't the stars of their wedding. Eleanor's father, Elliott Roosevelt, had passed when she was 10, so his older brother, President Theodore Roosevelt, made a quick stop to be her surrogate father.
3 de jul. de 2024 · One of the most loved first ladies of all time, Eleanor Roosevelt changed the expectations around the role that the president's wife played in the White House at a time when married women were expected to give up their careers and stand by their husbands.
17 de jul. de 2024 · The story of Eleanor Roosevelt is more complex than most people know. After a childhood of insecurity, denial, and loneliness, her marriage to Franklin D. Roosevelt took her into the halls of power — but left her feeling more alone than ever as he pursued affairs with other women.
4 de jul. de 2024 · Eleanor Roosevelt was deeply controversial in her time, beloved for her advocacy for America's disadvantaged people, hated by those who opposed her advocacy for women's rights, Civil Rights, and more.
16 de jul. de 2024 · Eleanor Roosevelt was born in a house at 56 West 37th Street in 1884. Both her parents died when she was young and she was sent to live with her grandmother in Tivoli, New York, and later to...
13 de jul. de 2024 · Eleanor was three times a First Lady, the first U.S. delegate to the newly established United Nations, and a forceful advocate for the rights of workers, women, and children. In 1961, during President John F. Kennedy’s tenure, she chaired the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women.
