Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
It is named after Eleanor Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin Roosevelt, all of whose ancestors emigrated from Zeeland, the Netherlands, to the United States in the seventeenth century. In 1988, Eleanor Roosevelt College , one of eight undergraduate residential colleges at the University of California, San Diego, was founded.
Eleanor and Franklin is a 1976 American television miniseries starring Edward Herrmann as Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) and Jane Alexander as Eleanor Roosevelt which was broadcast on ABC on January 11 and 12, 1976. [1]
In 1903, Franklin proposed to Eleanor. Despite resistance from his mother, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were married on March 17, 1905. [12] [29] Eleanor's father, Elliott, was deceased; Theodore, who was then president, gave away the bride. [30] The young couple moved into Springwood. Franklin's mother, Sara Roosevelt, also provided a ...
Eleanor and Franklin: The Story of Their Relationship, Based on Eleanor Roosevelt's Private Papers is a 1971 biography of Eleanor Roosevelt written by Joseph P. Lash.Its companion volume, Eleanor: The Years Alone (1972), covers her life as a widow after Franklin D. Roosevelt's death.
President Theodore Roosevelt, an Oyster Bay Roosevelt, was the uncle of Eleanor Roosevelt, later wife of Franklin Roosevelt. Despite political differences that caused family members to actively campaign against each other, the two branches generally remained friendly.
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years is a 1977 American television film and a sequel to Eleanor and Franklin (1976). Originally airing on March 13, 1977, it was part of a 2-part biographical film directed by Daniel Petrie based on Joseph P. Lash's Pulitzer prize-winning biography, Eleanor and Franklin, chronicling the lives of the 32nd U.S. President and the first lady.
The Roosevelt presence in Fort Worth coincided with a large part of Franklin Roosevelt’s time as president. It ended with Elliott and Ruth’s uncontested divorce granted on April 17, 1944.
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II is a 1994 historical, biographical book by American author and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin published by Simon & Schuster.