History buffs are getting to see a different side of American history, thanks to Showtime’s new anthology drama The First Lady. The show features portrayals of Eleanor Roosevelt (Gillian Anderson), ...

When Eleanor Roosevelt found out about her husband’s infidelity, in the fall of 1918, she was devastated. The love letters she discovered at the bottom of his suitcase after a trip to Europe expressed ...

One of the most amazing anecdotes in Hazel Rowley's crackling new biography of the Roosevelt marriage called, simply, Franklin and Eleanor, has, on the surface, nothing to do with their personal ...

"In my view, the Roosevelts' bond was political in every sense of the word," writes Rowley, who also argues that despite the difficulties in their marriage, Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt always ...

Fifth generation cousins, once removed, the famously acronymed FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) and wife Eleanor left indelible impressions on US generations serving four terms (1933-1945) as US ...

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