Eleanor Roosevelt by Bernard T. Frydrysiak, 1946; Oil on canvas; Ford and Marni Roosevelt We recognize the role of first lady as it exists today because of Eleanor Roosevelt.

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt addressed a student assembly on the importance of young people's contributions to the war effort ...

She really is a completely different First Lady. Eleanor Roosevelt was not going to suffer and withdraw in the White House. And I think he's a very different President. He does not want his wife ...

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 ...

From Eleanor Roosevelt and Jackie Kennedy to Michelle ... Naturally, we were curious about what a First Lady might wear on ...

Biography of former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who forged a new role for herself in the years after her husband's death.

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were married on March 17 ... and civil rights for African Americans. She became the first First Lady to holder her own press conferences. In 1935, she began writing ...

Ever since former US First Lady and human rights champion Eleanor Roosevelt inspired the first UN sub-commission on the ...

His closeness to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt made him somewhat of a ... in the White House (an unprecedented activity for a first lady), coached her on political speeches, and in one ...

By the time FDR ran for president, First Lady for 12 years and an enduring presence among the world's most admired women, Eleanor Roosevelt reached millions of Americans through her syndicated ...