The Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR, said no, because of her color. Mrs. Roosevelt was ... the President's wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, got up and poured her a glass of water and handed ...

Elliott Roosevelt, Eleanor's father, is confined to a mental asylum; Eleanor's mother, Anna Hall Roosevelt, dies of diphtheria. Eleanor becomes engaged to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, her fifth ...

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were married on March 17, 1905 — 120 years ago Monday — in New York City. She didn’t even have to change her name: It was already Roosevelt. She and her new ...