Eleanor
Roosevelt
1884-1962
Eleanor Roosevelt was the first lady of the United States
from 1933 to 1945, during President Franklin D.
Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest-serving first
lady of the United States.
She was an outspoken advocate for equal rights at home and cooperation
internationally, for which she was beloved/reviled. She was also the most adored/hated first lady
until Hilary Clinton.
Husband/5th Cousin: Franklin D. Roosevelt (m. 1905)
How lesbian was she? She wrote long, passionate letters to Associated Press reporter Lorena Hickok.
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