The future first lady’s father was Elliott, Theodore Roosevelt’s brother. Eric Burns talked about his book, Someone to Watch Over Me: A Portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt and the Tortured Father ...

1884 October 11: Eleanor Roosevelt is born in New York City. 1892 Elliott Roosevelt, Eleanor's father, is confined to a mental asylum; Eleanor's mother, Anna Hall Roosevelt, dies of diphtheria.

The author of a book on Eleanor Roosevelt and her father will be at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park on March 9 for a discussion and book signing.. Geraldine ...

Geraldine Hawkins talked about her book [Elliott and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Story of a Father and His Daughter in the Gilded Age, in which she recounts the life of Elliott Roosevelt, father of ...

Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady and humanitarian 07:47. ... She adored her father, the brother of future President Teddy Roosevelt, but he struggled with addiction. Her mother, ...

The new Showtime drama 'The First Lady' features portrayals of Eleanor Roosevelt (Gillian Anderson) and U.S. President ... She was taken in at the age of 10 when her father died from ...

Louis McHenry Howe made a career out of being "the man behind Roosevelt." His closeness to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt made him somewhat of a curiosity. Certainly, his appearance was not that ...

Archibald Bullock Roosevelt was Teddy’s fifth child. He was 6 when the Roosevelts moved into the White House in 1901, and instantly caused a sensation for sliding down a banister into a ...