Eleanor Roosevelt's groundbreaking role as First Lady—advocating for refugees during World War II and pushing for policies to help the poor—set the stage for her later humanitarian work as a ...

As First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt was admired, but controversial. Now, she frequently tops US polls as the most popular First Lady in history. Fascination with her life and character has only ...

She’s the former first lady’s biggest fan. One mother went viral on TikTok last month after she documented her child’s growing obsession with former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt when she ...

So says Gillian Anderson in the new Showtime series “The First Lady,” in which she – in her portrayal as Eleanor Roosevelt – regularly speaks in aphorisms, at one point providing her ...

Eleanor Roosevelt, who holds the distinction of longest-serving first lady and who helped guide the American people through the Great Depression and World War II, died after a two-year battle with ...

Eighty years ago, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt embarked on a top-secret mission to the Pacific theater, where the United States was battling Japan during World War II. And in going on the 25,000 ...

Eleanor Roosevelt, who holds the distinction of longest-serving first lady and who helped guide the American people through the Great Depression and World War II, died after a two-year battle with ...

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 ...

A film about Mrs. Roosevelt seemed a smart way to fulfill that clause, and Lerman provided the story that was the basis for Eleanor: First Lady of the World. If anyone needed confirmation that ...

“but there’s no getting around the fact that Eleanor Roosevelt is still the first lady of this country.” This unofficial ranking has been bestowed on Mrs. Roosevelt, in public as well as in ...

First lady. Icon of liberalism. Gun owner? Yes, Eleanor Roosevelt, known for traveling the country to highlight the plight of the poor and marginalized, also was packing heat. The mother of five ...