Many distinguished guests are expected. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt has promised to pay Mrs. Olcott a visit in Florence, and it is hoped by her friends in Rome that she will not be so near the Eternal ...

Whether they like him or not, Americans are fascinated by FDR and his family, but most are unaware of the complicated relationship between the President and his wife, or the domestic difficulties ...

Upon graduating, he decided to pursue a career in public service. In 1884, Roosevelt lost both his wife and his mother within two days of each other. Distraught, he sought refuge out West in the ...

Roosevelt, the New Deal and the evolution of the presidency, died Jan. 28 at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was 102. His wife, Jean Anne Leuchtenburg, confirmed the death but did not ...

In 1921 Roosevelt was diagnosed with polio and became paralyzed in each of his extremities (although he would eventually regain the use of his arms, his legs never fully recovered). While his mother ...

Roosevelt enjoyed success in his professional life but suffered personal tragedy privately. In 1884 his mother died of typhoid fever. Two days later, his wife died after giving birth to their ...