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 ...

Elliott Roosevelt, Eleanor's father, is confined to a mental asylum; Eleanor's mother, Anna Hall Roosevelt, dies of diphtheria. Eleanor becomes engaged to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, her fifth ...

As young as 5 years old, Eleanor Roosevelt recalls volunteering, sometimes with her father serving Thanksgiving dinner or “dressing” the Christmas trees at ... on her family life, raising ...