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Located about two hours north of New York City, Hyde Park provides the ideal recipe for the perfect getaway. Starting with a serving of culinary richness, visitors can add a heavy helping of National ...
Eleanor Hamilton Jacobs Eleanor Hamilton Jacobs, sometimes known as the poet laureate of Padaro Lane, passed away in the ...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt maintained a lifelong connection with Springwood, his family home in Hyde Park, New York.
Part 2 of E. J. Kahn’s 1948 Profile of President Roosevelt’s widow discusses her international travels and her work as chairman of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were married on March 17th, 1905, 120 years ago Monday. They met at a family gathering.
First lady. Icon of liberalism. Gun owner? Yes, Eleanor Roosevelt, known for traveling the country to highlight the plight of the poor and marginalized, also was packing heat. The mother of five ...
Camesha Whittaker has written a book about the friendship of Eleanor Roosevelt and Mary McLeod Bethune and says it has a message for people today.
A marriage poisoned by secrets. A lesbian love affair. And a first lady dogged by controversy. Right to the bitter end, Eleanor Roosevelt transformed the White House into a den of scandal—and ...
Teddy Roosevelt was shaped by his Southern mother’s charm into the man who became a nation’s beloved president.
The battle to create an international vision of human rights drew on every skill Eleanor Roosevelt possessed—and challenged her in ways she never envisioned.
How Eleanor Roosevelt’s leadership made her the “First Lady of the World.” The statue of first lady Eleanor Roosevelt stands before the United Nations emblem at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt ...
Nina Roosevelt Gibson presents personal remembrances of former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt from her childhood spent at Val-Kill in Hyde Park in a new memoir.