After Roosevelt was elected, he began to institute his “New Deal,” a series of economic ... for fear of alienating Southern whites. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was more sympathetic to black ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt implements the New Deal. The Dust-Bowl devastates the Midwest. Eleanor assists with the formation of the National Youth Administration; She coordinates meeting ...

In 1933 The New Yorker carried a memorable ... here comes Mrs. Roosevelt.” It was hilarious if only because it was so true: soon afterward Eleanor Roosevelt indeed descended into a coal mine.

Eleanor Roosevelt by Yousuf Karsh ... She was a civil rights activist and advocated for equality in the New Deal programs. In 1935, she started writing the newspaper column “My Day” which ...