During the Great Depression, African Americans were disproportionately affected by unemployment: they were the first fired and the last hired. After Roosevelt was elected, he began to institute ...

Elliott Roosevelt, Eleanor's father, is confined to a mental asylum; Eleanor's mother, Anna Hall Roosevelt, dies of diphtheria. Eleanor becomes engaged to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, her fifth ...

In February 1947, a group consisting of Eleanor Roosevelt, Pen-Chun Chang and Charles Malik began drafting the International Bill of Human Rights. With assistance of the UN Secretariat, the task ...

In addition to Eleanor Roosevelt, Sheehy Skeffington met a number of prominent women during her coast to coast US tour, ...

March is ‘Women’s History Month’ and Celebrity Historian Raffi Andonian speaks on one of America’s most historic women, ...

National Museum of African American History and Culture Telegram to Althea Gibson from Eleanor Roosevelt National Museum of American History Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt National Museum of American History ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born January 30, 1882, the only son of wealthy parents James and Sara Delano Roosevelt (although his father had a son from a previous marriage). Roosevelt began studying ...

Eleanor Roosevelt, Author, David Emblidge, Editor, David Elmblidge, Editor Pharos Books $19.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-88687-457-5 This second collection of syndicated columns, which kept Eleanor ...

We recognize the role of first lady as it exists today because of Eleanor Roosevelt. A compassionate and smart woman with an activist spirit, she was not content to just entertain others and serve ...