Roosevelt, Eleanor

Cultural  

1. The wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Her humanitarian and diplomatic efforts were known and respected all over the world. She represented the United States in the General Assembly of the United Nations from 1949 to 1952.

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Example Sentences

Early in Ryan Murphy’s “The Prom,” a Broadway flack starts reading the reviews of a newly opened show about Eleanor Roosevelt, “Eleanor!”

From New York Times

While married to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt was thought to have had an affair with journalist Lorena Hickok, the first woman to have her byline appear on the front page of the New York Times.

From National Geographic

Mrs. Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt, whose 15-minute chitsy-chatsy for Sweetheart Soap was sandwiched in between the early afternoon serials last year, will have a better radio spot after mid-September.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet even after marrying her fifth cousin once removed, handsome Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor had little confidence in herself, often broke into tears for no clear reason.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gracie Hall Roosevelt, Eleanor's late brother, who once proved�to his own satisfaction�that a man could eat on $1.75 a week, left a $278,264 estate but owed more than $37,000 of it.

From Time Magazine Archive