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 ...

Throughout her life, she was extremely involved in her ... Franklin married his cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt in 1903. Because ...

While the FBI never launched a formal investigation of Eleanor Roosevelt, FBI references to ... threats to her life on the grounds of her disloyalty to the country, close monitoring of her ...

which kept Eleanor Roosevelt in the public eye after FDR's death and her departure from the White House, covers an eventful period of her life. During the terms of Presidents Truman and Eisenhower ...

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 ...

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were married on March 17, 1905 — 120 years ago Monday — in New York City. She didn’t even have to change her name: It was already Roosevelt. She and her new ...

Eleanor Roosevelt dedicated her life to fighting for the rights of the oppressed and forgotten, including her signature achievement: pushing FDR to set up the National Youth Administration.