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 cousin ...

Last things first. One of the most extraordinary aspects of the third volume of Blanche Wiesen Cook's monumental biography of Eleanor Roosevelt is the way it ends. I don't think I've ever read another ...

The future First Lady learned at an early age that one’s prospects in life were not totally dependent on physical beauty In 1918, Eleanor discovered that Franklin had been having an affair with her ...

"Eleanor," as brought to life by Jean Stapleton on Arena's Kreeger stage, is a historical novel reincarnated as a stage play. If that sounds a tad metaphysical, well, that's only fitting. "I lived in ...

Eleanor Roosevelt—Harper ($4.50)."There are some things I know that I feel sure nobody else can know," says Eleanor Roosevelt in casual explanation of ...

Eleanor Roosevelt is one of the most influential women of the twentieth century, not merely because she was the First Lady of ...

Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and her teenage granddaughter, Nina Gibson, board a plan for a five-week tour of the Middle East. (Courtesy/SUNY Press) On rainy days at Val-Kill Cottage in Hyde ...

Feminist historian Blanche Wiesen Cook published the first volume of her biography of Roosevelt in 1992. Critic Maureen Corrigan says the newly... Volume 3 Of Eleanor Roosevelt Biography Chronicles ...