First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was more sympathetic to black causes. She created a stir when she helped to move Marian Anderson’s performance at the Lincoln Memorial after the black singer was ...

The role of first lady is to support the president, keep your opinions to yourself and smile. But Eleanor Roosevelt was having none of that. She intended to use the position to benefit ordinary ...

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 ...

Eleanor Roosevelt by Bernard T. Frydrysiak, 1946; Oil on canvas; Ford and Marni Roosevelt We recognize the role of first lady as it exists today because of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born Oct. 11, 1884, in New York City. Orphaned by the time she was ten, the young niece of President Theodore Roosevelt was raised by her grandmother. After attending ...

Jean Stapleton portrays FDR's widow who, as a UN delegate, championed the cause of human rights. E.G. Marshall. Lady Reading: Coral Browne. Tommy: Joyce Van Patten. Anna: Gail Strickland.