Eleanor Roosevelt
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About 1915, Eleanor discovered that Franklin had had an affair with her social secretary Lucy Mercer, 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. Eleanor devoted herself, during World War I to volunteer efforts which resulted in her becoming involved with the League of Women Voters, the Women's Trade Union League and the women's division of the New York State Democratic Committee. | About 1915, Eleanor discovered that Franklin had had an affair with her social secretary Lucy Mercer, 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. Eleanor devoted herself, during World War I to volunteer efforts which resulted in her becoming involved with the League of Women Voters, the Women's Trade Union League and the women's division of the New York State Democratic Committee. | ||
| − | + | In 1920, Franklin had run unsuccessfully for the vice presidency. Some time later, he was attacked by polio. "Her part in helping her husband overcome the crippling effects of polio had yet to attract any widespread notice." (Farber, p. 72) | |
| − | Franklin | + | It was while she was director of women's activities for the Democratic Committee that Eleanor met her soon-to-be long-time companion [[Lorena Hickok]], one day in Sep 1928. (Farber, p. 72) This was the year that Franklin ran for, and was elected governor of [[New York]]. At this time the Roosevelt's were living, at least part-time, in a township on East 65th in Manhattan, but then for the next four years, spent part of their time obviously in Albany at the state capital. |
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. | 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. | ||
