Eleanor Roosevelt by Bernard T. Frydrysiak, 1946; Oil on canvas; Ford and Marni Roosevelt In 1933, she became First Lady of the United States and feared the change it would bring to her life.

In 1932, Eleanor Roosevelt’s husband Franklin had just ... She knew that people of color should have equal rights, and she was fighting for those causes way before many other people.

Roosevelt photos today, I came across this timely gem -- his wife, Eleanor, getting a final fitting on her inaugural gown in January 1941. Fashion coverage really hasn't changed much since then.

From Eleanor Roosevelt to Jill Biden ... For the gala that evening, Mrs. Johnson chose another bold color: canary yellow in silk satin. (And fur, of course.) Inaugurations can be somber affairs.

“I’m afraid I did some things which were not usual for the lady in the White House,” Eleanor Roosevelt says near ... of the White House to people of color and worked with civil rights ...