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This future first lady made her society debut in 1902 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City |
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2024-07-12 |
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Her uncle Teddy walked her down the aisle when shemarried a future president in 1905 |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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2018-04-11 |
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The woman born Sara Delano took her son on a 1904 cruise to quash the romance with this woman |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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2006-05-08 |
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Her uncle lived in the White House when this future first lady got married in 1905 |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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$600 |
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2002-11-11 |
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At this first lady's 1962 death, JFK ordered all U.S. flags flown at half-staff |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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2002-05-31 |
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She was First Lady of the U.S. longer than any other woman |
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2002-02-07 |
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The only first lady whose married name was the same as her maiden name |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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1999-10-08 |
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She was First Lady for 12 years & 39 days |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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FIRST LADIES |
1998-06-17 |
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As first lady during World War II, she traveled abroad to visit American troops |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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$600 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1997-05-13 |
#2937 |
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In a 1960 Gallup poll, she was named the woman most admired by Americans for the 9th consecutive year |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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$600 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1996-06-07 |
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In 1941 she began writing a monthly column called "If You Ask Me" for the Ladies' Home Journal |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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1996-05-21 |
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She was a delegate to the U.N. twice, 1945-1952 & 1961-1962 |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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FIRST LADIES |
1995-07-21 |
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In 1941 she served briefly as co-director of the Office of Civilian Defense |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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$100 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1995-04-05 |
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On direct assignment from her husband, she inspected coal mines, hospitals & New Deal projects |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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$400 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1995-03-02 |
#2424 |
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In her over 12 years as First Lady, she held 348 press conferences |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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$300 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1994-03-01 |
#2192 |
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Before she became First Lady in 1933, she taught at Todhunter, a girls' school |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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$400 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1994-02-14 |
#2181 |
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The only first lady on Life Magazine's list of the 100 most influential Americans of the 20th century |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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1993-12-14 |
#2137 |
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Theodore Roosevelt said at her wedding, "There's nothing like keeping the name in the family" |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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$400 |
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1993-11-09 |
#2112 |
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In the early 1930s this first lady began a weekly radio program on NBC |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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FIRST LADIES |
1993-04-30 |
#2005 |
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She was attending a charity function in Washington when her husband died in Warm Springs, Georgia in 1945 |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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FIRST LADIES |
1993-02-25 |
#1959 |
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"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent", she wrote in 1937 |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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1992-11-26 |
#1894 |
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She wrote a syndicated newspaper column, "My Day", from 1936-62 |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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1991-05-10 |
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She held the first news conference in the White House by a first lady on March 6, 1933 |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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$700 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1991-02-12 |
#1492 |
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She lived in the White House longer than any other first lady |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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$500 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1990-12-06 |
#1444 |
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When her husband popped the question she said, "I am plain. I have little to bring you." |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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$600 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1990-10-24 |
#1413 |
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"Murder in the Rose Garden" is the 7th in a series of mystery novels featuring her as a sleuth |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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$800 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1990-06-16 |
#1 |
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The first name of both her father & one of her sons was Elliott |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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$800 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1990-05-29 |
#1337 |
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She was almost 6 feet tall & very shy when she made her debut in 1902 |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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$800 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1990-03-20 |
#1287 |
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Clare Booth Luce said this first lady "comforted the distressed" & "distressed the comfortable" |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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FIRST LADIES |
1988-05-18 |
#868 |
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Her extensive traveling during WWII earned her the code name "Rover" |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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$200 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1988-03-24 |
#829 |
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She was instrumental in drafting the United Nations' Declaration of Human Rights |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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$800 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1987-09-08 |
#687 |
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Of all the wives of 20th century presidents, this one had the most children |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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$1,200 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1987-04-22 |
#618 |
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Teddy Roosevelt's wife Edith described this niece as "very plain; her mouth & teeth... have no future" |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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$400 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1985-11-05 |
#302 |
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First lady who had the same married & maiden names |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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$400 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1985-05-06 |
#171 |
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In '62 Adlai Stevenson eulogized: "She would rather light candles than curse the darkness" |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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$400 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1984-12-05 |
#63 |
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Teddy's niece, her married & maiden names were the same |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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$300 |
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FIRST LADIES |
1984-09-20 |
#9 |