Eleanor Roosevelt died after a two-year battle with baffling illnesses on this day in history, ... giving birth to six children by 1916. “However, with American entry in World War I, ...

In 1968, Eleanor Roosevelt was posthumously awarded the UN Human Rights Prize and in 1998, the United Nations Association of the USA inaugurated the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award.

The woman with the “perplexed look” was Mittie Roosevelt, mother to the 26th president and grandmother to future first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Mittie was home with four children, all but one ...

Eleanor Roosevelt, who served as first lady for 12 years, died on this day in history, Nov. 7, 1962, after carving out her own legacy as one of the most influential women in American history.

She added her children also attended the Eleanor Roosevelt School until it closed. Also at the event was Cecelia M. Dean, who taught elementary and middle school students at the Eleanor Roosevelt ...