Her work helped lay the foundation for modern codebreaking today. I n the summer of , hundreds of wildfires raged across the Northern Rockies. By the time it was all over, more than three million acres had burned and at least 78 firefighters were dead. It was the largest fire in American history. On March 17, , she married her fifth cousin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and between and , they became the parents of six children: Anna Eleanor , James , Franklin Delano, Jr.
During this period, her public activities gave way to family concerns and her husband's political career. In , Franklin Roosevelt was stricken with polio causing Mrs. Roosevelt to become increasingly active in politics in part to help him maintain his interests but also to assert her own personality and goals.
Upon moving to the White House in , Eleanor Roosevelt informed the nation that they should not expect their new first lady to be a symbol of elegance, but rather "plain, ordinary Mrs. In , Mrs. Roosevelt became the first, First Lady to hold her own press conference. In an attempt to afford equal time to women--who were traditionally barred from presidential press conferences--she allowed only female reporters to attend. In protest, Mrs. Roosevelt resigned her membership in the DAR.
Throughout Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency, Eleanor traveled extensively around the nation, visiting relief projects, surveying working and living conditions, and then reporting her observations to the President.
She was called "the President's eyes, ears and legs" and provided objective information to her husband. Roosevelt made certain that the President did not abandon the goals he had put forth in the New Deal.
She also exercised her own political and social influence;. She became an advocate of the rights and needs of the poor, of minorities, and of the disadvantaged. The public was drawn in by the First Lady's exploits and adventures which she recounted in her daily syndicated column, "My Day".
She began writing the column in and continued until her death in During the war, she served as Assistant Director of Civilian Defense from to and she visited England and the South Pacific to foster good will among the Allies and to boost the morale of U. When and where did Franklin and Eleanor marry and honeymoon?
Franklin and Eleanor were married on St. Henry Parrish, Jr. The wedding was a simple one except for the presence of President Theodore Roosevelt, who gave his niece away. Since Franklin was attending Columbia Law School at the time, they postponed their honeymoon to Europe until the summer and instead took a one-week trip to Hyde Park, New York.
Who were Franklin and Eleanor's children? Roosevelt Jr. Roosevelt, Jr. Anna was active as a writer and journalist, and she served as editor of the woman's page of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for several years.
In , at her father's request, Anna moved into the White House to serve as an assistant to the President and as White House hostess during her mother's frequent absences. Anna also accompanied her father to the Yalta Conference in January-February Anna devoted much of her later life to problems of education and to carrying on many of her mother's interests and philanthropies. She was an active supporter of the Franklin D.
Roosevelt Library. Anna died on December 1, at the age of After attending Groton School and Harvard College, James engaged in the insurance business and played an active role in his father's political career, serving as Massachusetts campaign manager in and becoming an unofficial aide in He served on the White House staff as a presidential assistant from , and then became a motion picture executive.
After the war, James returned to California where he revived his insurance career and became involved in Democratic politics. He was elected to six terms as a member of the U. House of Representatives from California. After he left the House in , he returned to California where he became a business consultant, author, and commentator. James died on August 13, at the age of
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