Our interview with Sarah Miller about her new YA Nonfiction book about Lorena Hickok, "Hick."| Chicago Review of Books
The longest-serving American First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884–November 7, 1962) endures as one of the most remarkable luminaries in modern history – a relentless champion of human rights, an advocate for working women, and a tireless supporter of underprivileged youth. At the age of seventy-six, Roosevelt collected her life’s wisdom in You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life – an elegant and timeless manual of personal exploration emanating universa...| The Reconstructionists
By Kevin Thomas, Archives Technician 1924 does not resonate the way 1933, or 1941 does when thinking of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. It was, however, a year filled with encounters that would profoundly change both. 1924 was the year in which Franklin Roosevelt returned to the public stage in politics after polio. It was the … Continue reading 1924: A Year of New Beginnings| Forward with Roosevelt
Black women were on the frontlines of civil rights activism during the war years. The grassroots organizing work of young leaders like Rosa Parks, Juanita Jackson, and Ella Baker helped fuel a dramatic increase in NAACP membership and branch activism. Union organizers like Dollie Lowther Robinson and Maida Springer labored to ensure workers’ rights. Black … Continue reading Black Women in the Wartime Struggle| Forward with Roosevelt
At 3am one morning in 1941, Eleanor Roosevelt spotted the Prime Minister, “cigar in hand,” searching for the President. Politely but firmly, she convinced him to postpone his mission until breakfast. Churchill’s nocturnal White House prowling influenced acquisition of Blair House as White House guest quarters, but he never spent the night there. There is no evidence, however, that Churchill was ever accommodated at Blair House; his alternate residence in Washington was the British Embas...| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College