Eleanor Roosevelt

FIRST LADY TO FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT // #32

• Was related to Founding Father Robert Livingston

• After her parents died, she was raised by Mary Livingston Ludlow Hall, her maternal grandmother

• Her uncle, Theodore Roosevelt, walked her down the aisle

• First First Lady to fly in an airplane

• Reached millions through her newspaper columns, books, speeches, and TV/radio appearances

• She was a badass, visiting the Pacific Front during World War II

• All four of her sons served in the military during the war

• She had her own house not far from “The Big House” (Hyde Park)

Read The First Lady of World War II: Eleanor Roosevelt's Daring Journey to the Frontlines and Back by Shannon McKenna Schmidt to fully appreciate what a badass Eleanor was.