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 ...

During his last year at Harvard, he became engaged to Theodore Roosevelt’s niece, Eleanor Roosevelt ... Roosevelt’s campaign introduced Americans to the New Deal that would become his signature ...

Mrs. Roosevelt has these ... Her father, her parent-less youth, the patterns of New York "society," mother-in-law, children, stricken husband, governor and President — they all dominated ...