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'''Eleanor Roosevelt''', reformer and wife of US President [[Franklin D Roosevelt]] who was president from 1933 to his death in 1945 Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born 11 Oct 1884 in "her maternal grandmother's mansion overlooking the Hudson River, about a hundreds miles north of New York City". (Farber, p 20). Eleanor was the daughter of Elliot Roosevelt and his wife Anna Rebecca Livingston Ludlow Hall. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born 30 Jan 1882 at Hyde Park, Dutchess County, [[New York]], to James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and his wife Sara Delano (1854-1941). Many people assume that the Roosevelt's met because of their family ties, but they were very distant cousins. They actually met because Sara Delano and Anna Roosevelt '''Elliot's sister''' were best friends from before Sara's marriage to Elliot. When Franklin was born, Elliot Roosevelt was his godfather. The families then remained close which resulted in Franklin and Eleanor knowing each other somewhat as they grew. Eleanor's uncle [[Theodore Roosevelt|Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt]] became US President in 1901. When on 17 Mar 1905 Franklin Roosevelt married Eleanor Roosevelt, it's been reported that Teddy who was present at the wedding, got more attention than the married couple. Franklin Roosevelt and Eleanor had five children: #Anna Eleanor "Sis" Roosevelt (1906-1975) who married three times [[Curtis Bean Dall]], John Boettiger, and Dr John Addison Halsted; #James Roosevelt (b. 1907) who married twice Elizabeth Cushing and Romelle Schneider; #Elliot "Bunny" Roosevelt (b. 1910) who married four times Elizabeth Donner, Ruth Googins, Faye Emerson and Minnewa Ross; #Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr (b. 1914) who married twice Ethel Dupont and Suzanne Perrin; #John Aspinwall Roosevelt (b. 1916) who married twice Anne Lindsay Clark and Irene Boyd McAlpin. About 1915, Eleanor discovered that Franklin had had an affair with his secretary and their own romatic relationship was said to have cooled or even ceased at that point. She offered him a divorce, but they did not. Franklin became governor of [[New York]]. In 1932, Franklin ran for and was elected US President and the family moved into the White House, in Washington, DC. It was about this time that Eleanor met [[Lorena Hickok]], a female journalist for AP, assigned to cover part of the Roosevelt story. ==Sources== ==See Also== [[Presidents of the United States]]
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