Veterans march to the White House as the "Bonus Army"; Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president of the United States. March 6: Eleanor becomes the first wife of a president to hold all-female ...

In her long tenure as First Lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt was known as a woman of the people — so much so that she was responsible for serving the worst food in White House ...

Jan. 7 - March 11, 2025 at 11 or 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! A revelatory, dramatic reframing of American leadership through the lens of the First Ladies. Starring Viola ...

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the first lady of American politics, died last night in her Manhattan apartment at the age of 78. Mrs. Roosevelt, who presided over the White House for 12 years as the wife ...

Commentary: The lives of Jimmy Carter and Eleanor Roosevelt exemplify the value of older Americans' contributions.

By the time Eleanor Roosevelt got to the White House, she and Hick are very close, intimate friends. And the first year in the White House, from 1932, the period of the campaign through the first ...

We recognize the role of first lady as it exists today because of Eleanor Roosevelt ... big publishers wanted to feature news from the White House, they would need to employ women at their ...

When Dr. Jill Biden stepped onto Navajo Nation land in April 2021, she began a series of tribal visits that surpassed any ...