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In the new biography “Hick,” author Sarah Miller explores the deeply intimate relationship between Eleanor Roosevelt and trailblazing journalist Lorena Hickok.
National Geographic photographer Ami Vitale has travelled to more than 100 countries documenting the heartbreaking realities ...
Back in 2018, the indefatigable ex-Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau paid a visit to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt’s onetime home on East 65th Street—now Hunter College’s ...
Movies Was Eleanor Roosevelt a Lesbian? Did the first lady really have a romance with Lorena Hickok, as referenced in Bros? We asked a historian.
These 24 books present a wide array of perspectives on the role of First Lady—from memoirs by Julia Grant, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Michelle Obama, to biographies on Jackie Kennedy, Barbara Bush ...
She was befriended by Eleanor Roosevelt, met movie stars including Charlie Chaplin and Laurence Olivier, and had a song written about her by Woody Guthrie.
Retropolis A century ago, polio struck a handsome young politician — and forged one of the country’s greatest presidents In August 1921, Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken and transformed by a ...
While dealing with the Great Depression and fighting a world war, Franklin Delano Roosevelt found comfort and solace in a very different sort of "first friend": his distant cousin Margaret "Daisy ...
As First Lady during the Depression and second world war, Roosevelt was instrumental in how the US was run - and did much to advance women in that role.
As First Lady during the Depression and second world war, Roosevelt was instrumental in how the US was run — and did much to advance women in that role, writes Zora Simic.