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Your Angry Neighborhood Feminist

First Ladies: Eleanor Roosevelt (Part Two)

Your Angry Neighborhood Feminist · Aug 3, 2026 · 53:22

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Welcome to parts 2/2 of Your Angry Neighborhood Feminist's coverage of the most infamous First Lady of all time, Eleanor Roosevelt.

In this episode, you’ll learn about Eleanor’s life during World War II, about Franklin’s death, and a secret same-sex affair that wouldn’t be revealed to the public for decades after her death.



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https://ourdavie.com/2023/04/23/presidential-mothers-sara-roosevelt-demanded-control/

https://www.fdrlibrary.org/polio

https://www.autostraddle.com/24-very-gay-excerpts-from-eleanor-roosevelts-love-letters-with-lorena-hickok-346115/

https://www2.gwu.edu/~erpapers/myday/displaydoc.cfmy=1948&f=md000902

https://elections-daily.com/2023/04/12/a-full-ranking-of-first-ladies/

https://www.wrmea.org/israel-palestine/eleanor-roosevelt-and-the-75th-anniversary-of-the-universal-declaration-of-human-rights.html

https://www.nps.gov/articles/eleanor-roosevelt-and-women-s-rights.htm

https://blackhistory.mit.edu/archive/eleanor-roosevelt-and-charles-anderson-1941

https://erpapers.columbian.gwu.edu/radio-address-december-7-1941-attack-pearl-harbor

https://wrightmuseum.org/eleanor-roosevelt-and-world-war-ii-redefining-the-role-of-first-lady/


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