From the first 17th-century merchants who established their family's fortune to Eleanor Roosevelt's vehement activity in public affairs in the 1960s, the family's influence on American politics ...

On the morning of March 4, 1933 an air of tense expectancy pervaded America. The country was experiencing its worst year yet of the Depression, the nation's banks had been closed, and most ...

We recognize the role of first lady as it exists today because of Eleanor Roosevelt ... married to distant cousin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. She focused on her family life, raising her children ...