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 ...

When they first married, Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt fit the definition of the typical Victorian aristocratic couple. He was a Harvard graduate; she was a debutante. They came from the ...