This is a USHR first with a podcast specifically on a First Lady. The longest sitting First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt was very involved in her husband's presidency. We get into all of the below and then some.
She held regular press conferences as First Lady in The White House and only allowed female reporters as they were barred from the President’s press conferences.
Roosevelt began a syndicated newspaper column, called “My Day.”
She was a supporter of Civil Rights. In 1943, she joined the NAACP.
She Visited the troops overseas during WWII and would wear her red cross uniform.
In 1945, Eleanor Roosevelt was appointed by President Harry S. Truman to the first United Nations delegation, the only woman among the delegates.
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Japanese Incarceration Camps During World War Two Part 2
Japanese Incarceration Camps During World War Two Part 1
Pearl Harbor & The Entrance of the U.S. Into World War Two
WWII Part 1: European Theater
The Presidency of Franklin D.Roosevelt Part 2
The New Deal
The Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt Part 1
Antisemitism in the U.S. & The U.S. Response To The Rise of Totalitarian Dictators in Europe
The Golden Gate Bridge
The Hoover Dam
The Great Depression
The Life and Presidency of Herbert Hoover Part 2
The Life and Presidency of Herbert Hoover Part 1
The Empire State Building
The Stock market Crash of 1929
The Mount Rushmore Monument
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