Eleanor Roosevelt

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• 4/30/2023
  

  Travel Was a Driver of Eleanor Roosevelt's Leadership

  by Shannon McKenna Schmidt

  Eleanor Roosevelt's leadership on behalf of the New Deal and the national war effort were always enhanced by her enthusiasm for travel, which culminated in a 25,000 mile journey to the Pacific theater in August, 1943. 

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• SOURCE: The Grio
  2/2/2022
  

  The Hidden History of the New Deal's "Black Brain Trust"

  Writer Michael Harriot examines the influence of a group of African American advisors to Franklin Roosevelt, which began with the friendship between Eleanor Roosevelt and Mary McLeod Bethune.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10/6/2020
  

  Eleanor Roosevelt, First Among First Ladies

  David Michaelis's new biography is an excellent resource for those unfamiliar with the life and work of Eleanor Roosevelt and her political partnership with FDR.

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• 2/2/20
  

  Mary Jo Binker on Eleanor Roosevelt and Advice for Future Historians

  by Isabella DelPino

  “You know what I love about Eleanor Roosevelt and the thing that I try to emulate the most about Eleanor Roosevelt? She had tremendous zest for life and for new experience and that animates me.”

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  11/15/19
  

  Today’s problems demand Eleanor Roosevelt’s solutions

  by Mary Jo Binker

  It’s time to banish fear and take up constructive action.  

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  5-7-18
  

  Melania Trump met the press (sort of). Eleanor Roosevelt started the tradition for first ladies.

  On March 6, 1933, the new first lady held the first on-the-record news conference by the wife of a president.

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  11-16-17
  

  Rare Documents Show a Palm Reader's Take on Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt

  For whatever reason on Mar. 1, 1937, at the personal invitation of Eleanor Roosevelt, celebrity palm reader Nellie Simmons Meier of Indianapolis visited the White House and performed a reading on the President and his inner circle.

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• 10-1-17
  

  What Would Eleanor Roosevelt Tell Us?

  by Nancy Woloch

  A new collection of her writings shows she’s still relevant.

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• 2-5-17
  

  You Want to Understand Politics and History? You Have to Understand People.

  by Eric Burns

  A biographer explains how he approached his latest subject, Eleanor Roosevelt.

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• 12-11-16
  

  Hillary Was More Abigail Adams than Eleanor Roosevelt. That May Have Cost Her the Election.

  by Wallace Hettle

  Like Abigail, who speculated in war bonds, she grew rich.

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• 12-4-16
  

  The Roosevelts’ Ruthless Control of Their Image

  by William J. Mann

  The shocking story of how TR and FDR covered up affairs and blackballed members of their family in the service of their political ambitions.

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  11-1-16
  

  Blanche Wiesen Cook has finished her 3 volume biography of Eleanor Roosevelt

  “Do we need her now?” Cook asks. “Yes we do!”

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• 9-1-16
  

  Why You Should Be Thinking about Eleanor Roosevelt this Week

  by Brigid O’Farrell

  It’s because she backed Labor Day – and the involvement of labor in elections.

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• 9-4-16
  

  How Should Politicians Address the Legitimate Fears Voters Feel?

  by Matthew Dallek

  Eleanor Roosevelt showed the way.

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• 4-12-16
  

  What Would Eleanor Roosevelt Think of the Fight for Equal Pay for Equal Work?

  by Brigid O’Farrell

  We don’t have to guess. We know.

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• 11-1-15
  

  Alas, Eleanor Roosevelt Remains All-Too Relevant to Our Politics

  by Brigid O’Farrell

  American workers are still being fired for organizing, right-to-work laws are now on the books in 25 states, and women and minorities remain concentrated in low-wage jobs.

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• SOURCE: Yahoo News
  4-14-15
  

  How Eleanor Roosevelt inspired Hillary Clinton’s road trip

  Clinton has long capitalized on her affinity with Mrs. Roosevelt.

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• 12-7-14
  

  This Is What Ken Burns Neglected to Tell You About Eleanor Roosevelt

  by Mary Jo Binker and Brigid O'Farrell

  Ken Burns was right to include ER in his portrait of the Roosevelts. He just didn’t do her justice.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  7-12-14
  

  Eleanor Roosevelt, Up Close

  Though she never held elected office, the wife of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is widely considered to be the most influential first lady ever.