Born Anna Eleanor Roosevelt in New York City in 1884, she was orphaned at age 9, following the death of her mother, Anna Hall, and then her father, Elliott Roosevelt, the younger brother of ...

Eleanor Roosevelt, who served as first lady for 12 years, died on this day in history, Nov. 7, 1962, after carving out her own legacy as one of the most influential women in American history.

Though Hickok lived for another five and a half years after Eleanor’s death, “each year, on Eleanor Roosevelt’s birthday, [Hickok] visited the grave with her personal tribute to her dearest ...

The series includes the first lady's life through World War II, the death of President Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt's own death in 1962. Global Search Search In. Quick Guide. Search.

Feminist historian Blanche Wiesen Cook published the first volume of her biography of Roosevelt in 1992. Critic Maureen Corrigan says the newly released final volume is exhausting and exhilarating.

Eleanor Roosevelt received death threats and her husband, Franklin Roosevelt, had survived an assassination attempt in Miami while awaiting his first presidential inauguration. The Roosevelts had ...

Six-year-old Eleanor Roosevelt (far right) poses with her father, Elliott, and her two brothers, (right to left) Hall and Elliott, Jr. Tragedy would hit Eleanor's life a year later with the death ...

If first lady Eleanor Roosevelt were to “come back,” as she does in Mark St. Germain’s new solo play, she’d encounter an America and a world that need her social justice advocacy and ...