On Eleanor Roosevelt's wedding day, then-President Theodore Roosevelt walked her down the aisle. Read on for more surprising facts about the first lady and diplomat.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) was the longest-serving first lady of the United States, from March 1933 until April 1945. She served as U.S. delegate to the UN General Assembly from 1945 to 1952.

Eleanor Roosevelt’s greatest invention was herself. Born into a society family at the height of the Victorian age, she was expected to be polite, subservient, and silent. Initially, she was. … ...

“If anybody loves me, knows me, knows that I love FDR,” she said. “And I love Eleanor Roosevelt.” She then dropped some historical facts, including Roosevelt being the only US president to be elected ...

Eleanor Roosevelt and her granddaughter, Nancy Ireland, in 1961 in Hyde Park, New York. Courtesy of The Roosevelt Institute. My grandmother seemed to have more hours in her day than anybody else.