He had married his fifth cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt, in 1905, and by 1920 the couple had had six children, of whom five survived infancy. Yet Franklin's mother, with her dominating manner and ...

Anna Hall Roosevelt, dies of diphtheria. Eleanor becomes engaged to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, her fifth cousin once removed. She enrolls in the Junior League of New York where she teaches ...

The inauguration is really about swearing in the next president, but first ladies throughout history have stolen the show with their inaugural gowns.

Eleanor Roosevelt thought it gave him an inferiority complex and led him to become more democratic. That he had non-"clubbie" tendencies is clear. "Franklin was not a typical club man of his ...

1 Eleanor Roosevelt was elected Chair ... 3 “Message from Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Chairman, Commission on Human Rights”, United Nations Weekly Bulletin, vol. II, No.

Eleanor Roosevelt, the first lady of American politics ... Roosevelt, who presided over the White House for 12 years as the wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt '04, was hospitalized Sept.

The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, from early youth to his election as President of the United States, as told from Eleanor's point of view.

While his mother tried to persuade him to give up his career, his wife Eleanor urged him not to abandon his political dreams. Campaign In 1932, the topic of highest importance to Americans was the ...

The President and his wife Eleanor are buried on the property along with their Scottish terrier named Fala. We visited Franklin Roosevelt's home in Hyde Park on a rainy dreary September Day and ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt may have been known ... and in solidarity with the general population, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt -- who also grew up wealthy but was not known for her cooking ...

The Columbia County Libraries Association (CCLA) invites the public to the inaugural program in a new history series on ...

The Star Spangled Banner was played on the organ. Franklin was born at Hyde Park, New York on 30th January 1882, son of James and Sara. He attended Harvard University and Columbia law school. On 17th ...