To remember FDR, who profoundly changed America with his New Deal programs, take a look at some fascinating facts about his ...

On Oct. 11, 1884 – 140 years ago today – Elliott Roosevelt and Anna Hall Roosevelt, a socially prominent New York couple, welcomed a little girl into the world. They named her Anna Eleanor ...

Born Anna Eleanor Roosevelt in New York City in 1884, she was orphaned at age 9, following the death of her mother, Anna Hall, and then her father, Elliott Roosevelt, the younger brother of ...

Eleanor Roosevelt, who served as first lady for 12 years, died on this day in history, Nov. 7, 1962, after carving out her own legacy as one of the most influential women in American history.

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born Oct. 11, 1884, in New York City. Orphaned by the time she was ten, the young niece of President Theodore Roosevelt was raised by her ...

Her costume, contours and hairdress (a loose, high knot) will be preserved but completely lost will be the unrouged freshness, the amazing vitality of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt. Until ...

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) was a diplomat, activist, and the longest serving First Lady of the United States during her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms as president from ...

If first lady Eleanor Roosevelt were to “come back,” as she does in Mark St. Germain’s new solo play, she’d encounter an America and a world that need her social justice advocacy and ...

The elevator opened, and out she strode with her hostess. She extended her hand and said, “How do you do? I’m Anna Eleanor Roosevelt.” As if I didn’t know. I escorted Mrs. R and her hostess to my beat ...

On Oct. 11, 1884 – 140 years ago today – Elliott Roosevelt and Anna Hall Roosevelt, a socially prominent New York couple, welcomed a little girl into the world. They named her Anna Eleanor ...