Roosevelt, Eleanor
(b. October 11, 1884; d. November 7, 1962) First Lady from 1933 to 1945, during the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt; one of the most important public figures of the twe...
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Born October 11, 1884 New York, New York
Died November 7, 1962 Hyde Park, New York
First Lady of the United States, social activist
Eleanor Roosevelt. AP/Wide World Photo. Reprod...
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Born October 11, 1884
New York, New York
Died November 7, 1962
Hyde Park, New York
First lady of the United States, social activist
"Few Americans … were neutral in...
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Roosevelt, Eleanor
FORMER FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES1884–1962
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (or ER as she came to be known) was one of the most admired, respected, and controversial figures of th...
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), wife of the thirty-second president of the United States, was a philanthropist, author, world diplomat, and resolute champion of liberal causes.Eleanor Roosevelt wa...
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Before Eleanor Roosevelt, in the United States, the role of First Lady had always been more of a formal title than a political role. First Ladies were seen merely as the wife of the current President...
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Eleanor Roosevelt lived during an exciting time. Women had just gained the right to vote. As a first lady, she made her own agenda and gave her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt, plenty of advice. She...
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Eleanor Roosevelt lived during an exciting time. Women had just gained the right to vote. As a first lady, she made her own agenda and gave her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt, plenty of advice. She...
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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton told an audience of women political activists Monday that she relied on the wise words of former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt to help her through tough times on the ...
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Washington (dpa) - When she became first lady in 1993, Hillary
Rodham Clinton began a long, humbling public transformation,
restyling her hair, losing weight and wearing mor...
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American journalist Harry W. Morgan, who interviewed Mother Teresa, John F. Kennedy and Indira Gandhi and taught generations of journalists, died Tuesday. He was 73.Morgan died of a heart attack in...
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First Lady Laura Bush paid tribute Monday to "one of America's most beloved first ladies" — Dolley Madison — at the unveiling of a coin in Madison's honor."America's first ladies have g...
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10 a.m. Public meeting of the NYC Campaign Finance Board in the O.A.T.H. Conference Room E, 6th floor, 40 Rector St. 10:30 a.m. The Hispanic Institute and the Dominican American National Roundtable...
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Viktor Schreckengost, an artist and prolific industrial designer whose ubiquitous works ranged from familiar toys and White House porcelain to innovative trucks and even lawn mowers, has died. He w...
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Viktor Schreckengost, an artist and prolific industrial designer whose ubiquitous works ranged from familiar toys and White House porcelain to innovative trucks and even lawn mowers, has died. He w...
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Octogenarian folk hero Harry Belafonte won’t be leaving the Upper West Side, even though he sold his 48-year home on West End Avenue last October. According to city records, he has paid $5 mi...
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When all the moving boxes are emptied on the ninth and 10th floors of 461 Park Avenue South, about 20 staffers affiliated with Governor Eliot Spitzer’s re-election campaign and the state Demo...
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New Deal Town by Stuart Englert When Glenn Luzier was a baby, his hometown of Arthurdale, W.Va., was just a dream of first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who envisioned a community where the people of App...
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