Eleanor Roosevelt’s Unprecedented Global Influence. ... of the casual, hot-dog variety that had won her wide notice when she thus honored the King and Queen of England in 1939.

Part 1 of E. J. Kahn’s 1948 Profile of F.D.R.’s widow discusses her impeccable diplomacy as the first woman to represent the U.S. as a delegate to the United Nations.

Second from left, President Franklin D. Roosevelt talks to King George VI while Eleanor Roosevelt and Queen Elizabeth exchange pleasantries at Union Station on June 8, 1939. The most important ...

So far, we’ve held July 4 annually, at least since Baby Boomers started arriving in 1946, and are still celebrating with ...

Eleanor Roosevelt, one of the more remarkable figures of the 20th century, paid an over-night visit to Bloomington in November 1937. Yet the over-all tone of the stopover was somewhat ...

In 1943, while Eleanor Roosevelt was in the Bay Area to promote war bonds, she visited San Quentin and met with Warden Clinton Duffy and his wife, Gladys.

Most, when prodded, give a playful shrug at the curious phenomenon at Long Island's Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy ...

RACINE - First, Eleanor Roosevelt came to town. Now, Racine has a new resident, Amelia Earhart. No, the remains of the first lady and famous pilot did not show up in Racine. Instead, state Rep ...

For decades, the Eleanor Mustang from the Nic Cage remake of "Gone In 60 Seconds" has been copyrighted — its visage owned and controlled by the highly litigious Denise Halicki, widow of the ...

According to the court, Eleanor misses all three qualifications. What hurts Halicki’s case the most is Eleanor’s inconsistent on-screen portrayal and lack of any anthropomorphizing qualities.

Several elected officials and allies of Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), D.C.’s longtime nonvoting delegate in the House, are publicly raising questions about whether the deeply respected civil rights ...