Eleanor Roosevelt by Bernard T. Frydrysiak, 1946; Oil on canvas; Ford and Marni Roosevelt We recognize the role of first lady as it exists today because of Eleanor Roosevelt.

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 ...

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt addressed a student assembly on the importance of young people's contributions to the war effort ...

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

From Eleanor Roosevelt and Jackie Kennedy to Michelle ... Naturally, we were curious about what a First Lady might wear on ...

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were married on March 17 ... and civil rights for African Americans. She became the first First Lady to holder her own press conferences. In 1935, she began writing ...

His closeness to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt made him somewhat of a ... in the White House (an unprecedented activity for a first lady), coached her on political speeches, and in one ...

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 ...