Childhood
Eleanor was actually Roosevelt's middle name. This was her first name.
What is Anna?
Eleanor married the man that was her father's fifth cousin on March 17th, 1905.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
Eleanor's husband beat this Republican candidate in a near landslide victory in the 1932 U.S. Presidential Election.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
Eleanor died at this age on November 7th, 1962.
What is 78?
A monument of her was dedicated in Riverside Park, New York in 1996. The First Lady at the time served as the keynote speaker.
Who is Hillary Clinton?
Eleanor Roosevelt on October 11th, 1884 in this New York borough.
What is Manhattan?
Eleanor was the niece of Valentine Gill Hall III and Edward Lulow Hall, champions of this sport.
What is tennis?
Eleanor Roosevelt was the second-highest rated First Lady in terms of public image, behind only this woman, who was the First Lady from 1961 to 1963.
Who is Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis?
In April of 1946, Eleanor Roosevelt became the first chairperson of this United Nations Commission.
What is the United Nations Commission on Human Rights?
Eleanor Roosevelt was retroactively named Woman of the Year 1948 by this magazine in 2020.
Eleanor's mother gave her this nickname as a child because of Eleanor's firm personality.
What is Granny?
Through her father, Eleanor was the niece of the man who served as the 26th President of the United States.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Eleanor Roosevelt arranged a performance for Marian Anderson on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after this group refused to let her perform at Constitution Hall.
Who are the Daughters of the American Revolution?
Eleanor wasn't a big fan of JFK because he didn't condemn the Second Red Scare, also named after this U.S. Senator.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
Eleanor Roosevelt became an honoree in this series in 2023.
What are the American Women quarters?
Following her mother & father's deaths, Eleanor was raised by her maternal grandmother, who was part of the Livingston family in Tivoli, New York.
Who is Mary Livingston Ludlow Hall?
Thanks to Eleanor's nursing care, she saved her husband from dying of this illness, although his legs remained paralyzed for the rest of his life.
What is polio?
Eleanor started writing this newspaper column on December 31st, 1935.
What is My Day?
Eleanor Roosevelt was the most admired living woman between 1948 and 1961, except for this year.
What is 1951?
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story, a 1965 documentary about Eleanor Roosevelt directed by this man ended up winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Who is Richard Kaplan?
A two year old Eleanor was on this ship when it collided with the SS Celtic on May 19th, 1887.
What is the SS Britannic?
Eleanor lost her mother and younger brother to this disease.
What is diphtheria?
Eleanor Roosevelt notably supported this all-black group of combat pilots during World War II.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
Eleanor Roosevelt's husband died on April 12th, 1945 at his personal retreat in Warm Springs, Georgia.
What is the Little White House?
Norvelt (EleaNOR RooseVELT), was known by this name for 3 years before being renamed in 1937.
What is Westmoreland Homesteads?