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Hace 4 días · Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s conversation with Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady and Chairman of the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. In his remarks President Kennedy discusses the origins of the commission, the necessity for equal pay and working conditions regardless of gender, and issues concerning women ...
Hace 3 días · The showpiece is a 34-room Roosevelt Cottage — painted Roosevelt Red — but there are 2,800 acres of trails, carriage roads and natural areas to explore. Oh, and not only is entry free but so is “Tea With Eleanor," which is delivered twice a day in another historic cottage as a public service.
Hace 3 días · Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's favorite dessert reflects her love of simple and affordable meals - traits that were important in Depression era America.
Hace 4 días · This is a community built near the soft coal mines. The men work in the mines in winter and one or two days a week intermittently in summer. This Iowa farm land makes any one living in New York State envious, the soil is rich and free of stones.
Hace 5 días · In 1940, a passenger cargo ship called the SS Quanza left the port of Lisbon carrying several hundred Jewish refugees to freedom. But no country would take them in, and so the passengers became trapped on the ship. “Nobody Wants Us” tells the gripping true story of how Eleanor Roosevelt, along with two other integral figures, stepped
Hace 21 horas · Roosevelt outpolled Taft in the election, but he failed to win many Democratic Progressives away from Wilson, who won by a huge majority of electoral votes, though receiving only about 42 percent of the popular vote.
Hace 1 día · Partly through the encouragement of his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, he returned to public office as governor of New York from 1929 to 1933, during which he promoted programs to combat the Great Depression. In the 1932 presidential election, Roosevelt defeated president Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory .
