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(5) ilanadunkle | 19 days ago

1. The Economy of Sonoma County This entry is going to be a little different from the usual. Today I interviewed my dad about working. We talked about what he went though ...

(9) Eleanor Roosevelt II | 3 months ago

When Uncle Franklin was in Washington as Under Secretary of the Navy, he an Aunt Eleanor rented a house in Washington. When he became governor of New York, they lived in ...

(9) Eleanor Roosevelt II | 3 months ago

When Uncle Franklin said in his first inaugural address that there is nothing to fear but fear itself, he defined his own attitude as well as that of his wife. He was call...

(9) Eleanor Roosevelt II | 3 months ago

My father, Hall, as a young man In 1941, I received a telephone call from the White House. Aunt Eleanor said, "I'm sorry to have to tell you, dear, that your father is ve...

(9) Eleanor Roosevelt II | 19 days ago

After her brother died, Aunt Eleanor indeed worked harder than ever before to help others. Part of that work was logistical: answering mail. The amount of mail Aunt Elean...

(9) Eleanor Roosevelt II | 2 months ago

When Aunt Eleanor first moved into the White House, she tried in vain to find a cozy space where she could enjoy breakfast with her guests in the morning and a companionab...

(9) Eleanor Roosevelt II | 2 months ago

March is an in-between month in Dutchess County. I was visiting Aunt Eleanor at Val-Kill Cottage in March of 1942 and was glad to be having tea by the open fire. Patches ...

(9) Eleanor Roosevelt II | 2 months ago

On April 12, 1945, I expected the telephone call to be from my mother congratulating my husband and me on our fourth wedding anniversary. We were living in Ottawa, Canada...

(9) Eleanor Roosevelt II | about 1 month ago

At 5:30 in the morning, as Mackenzie King's private railway car steamed down the east side of the Hudson River, I woke up in my little bedroom. I lifted the blind and wat...

(9) Eleanor Roosevelt II | 19 days ago

Aunt Eleanor had not wanted the public life of first lady. She dreamed of being a private person, living quietly in her Val-Kill Cottage, enjoying her family and friends,...

(2) vbright | 19 days ago

If anyone find themselves going through, or to Omaha Nebraska, you will find there are many interesting things to do here. To begin, I'll tell you some interesting facts ...

(9) Eleanor Roosevelt II | 19 days ago

Me and my son Lauren After Uncle Franklin's Death, Aunt Eleanor no longer needed the spacious apartment and staff that she had kept on Washington Square in New York City,...

(9) Eleanor Roosevelt II | 19 days ago

With brightness in her eyes and slight hand gestures, Aunt Eleanor described her work with the United Nations. She had helped her husband think through the charter for th...

(9) Eleanor Roosevelt II | 19 days ago

In the 1940's, the Soviet Union was the United States' only significant international rival. The Russians believed their political philosophy should be spread world-wide ...