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 ...

American Experience interviewed writer, Vernon Jarrett, in 1999. Below, read excerpts from his interview. What was it like to be African American in the late 1930s? Well, I was rather young in the ...

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 ...

Louis McHenry Howe made a career out of being "the man behind Roosevelt." His closeness to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt made him somewhat of a curiosity. Certainly, his appearance was not that ...

Lois De Banzie died on April 3, her family announced Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has appeared in Women's World, First For ...

The president of Brandeis University replaced the late Eleanor Roosevelt in the Ford Hall Forum last night, and delivered a eulogy of her. Dr. Abram L. Sachar, who accepted the speaking date after ...