From left, Mary Harriman Rumsey, New York millionaire, first lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Rep. Isabella Greenway of Arizona, in Washington, D.C., 1934.

Scales was originally hired to deal with tuberculosis in the city ... meeting with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to explain the folly of the president’s plan to draft white nurses while Black nurses ...

Although Eleanor was a Democrat, “They were very good friends and very good colleagues,” Scimeca said. On one occasion, Mrs. Roosevelt asked Mrs. Thompson to deliver $5 to a person who had contacted ...

Eleanor Roosevelt Honored on New U.S. Quarter. Learn about the many ways diplomat, activist, and 2023 American Women Quarters honoree Eleanor Roosevelt made American history through this selected ...

Tuberculosis has taken the lives of notable figures such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Andrew Jackson, George Orwell, Frederic Chopin and Charles IX, among others. And it’s still being transmitted in ...

Eleanor's travels. In 1937, Eleanor Roosevelt traveled to New Orleans and was provided with security, Clark said. She didn’t feel the security was necessary when she traveled in New York or ...

Recurrent illness over the last two years had made it plain that Anna Eleanor Roosevelt needed the detailed attention of a specialist in diagnosis. But she was as contemptuous of fuss and feathers ...

Yet, Eleanor Roosevelt did occupy a singular place in U.S. history. She did all those things in her 12 years as first lady and so much in the remaining 17 years of her life that this morning’s ...

Once known as consumption, the disease that killed Eleanor Roosevelt, Frederic Chopin and all five of the sisters Bronte, tuberculosis is often viewed as a bygone threat. But there is an uptick in ...

Eleanor Roosevelt, who served as first lady for 12 years, died on this day in history, Nov. 7, 1962, after carving out her own legacy as one of the most influential women in American history.