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abroad with Sara (1925), 372
accompanies father to Yalta, 913
birth and christening of, 189–90
and birth of first child, 375
on difference between parents’ personalities, 640
divorces Curtis Dall, 465
and father’s illness, 889n, 891
letter to father as child, 201
marriage of, Sara’s wedding gift to, 373–74
on mother’s jealousy, 640–41
problems with marriage, 429
quoted, 242–43
relationship with mother as teenager, 372–74
and resentment of Louis Howe, 341–42
resents Missy, 640–41
run-in with father, 343
stays at White House, 891–92
upbringing and education of, 236–44 passim, 296, 297
Roosevelt, Anna Hall (mother), 3, 16, 17, 18, 23–24, 65, 70, 112, 117–18, 173, 605
and birth of Elliott Jr., 40
and Britannic collision, 35
and children’s education, 52
and courtship and marriage to Elliott, 21–25
and disappointment in Eleanor, 40
education and religious training of, 19–21
and Elliott’s absence, 41
and European trip, Elliott placed in asylum, 42–47
family background of, 17–21
has Elliott adjudged insane, 46–47
illness and death, 55–56
illness of, 50
income and lifestyle of, her beauty, 26, 27–28
makes Eleanor feel excluded, 40
pregnancy of, Eleanor’s birth, 29
return to States, life at Hempstead House, 37
and separation from Elliott, 49–51
sons a comfort to, 53
trip to Europe resumed, 36
Roosevelt, Archibald, Jr., 771
Roosevelt, Betty, 235, 441
Roosevelt, Christine, 114, 115, 125
Roosevelt, Corinne, see Robinson, Corinne (aunt)
Roosevelt, Cornelius Van Schaack, 5
Roosevelt, Danny (grandson), 616–17, 819
Roosevelt, Dorothy, 114
Roosevelt, Edith (Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt), 89, 170, 171, 232, 262, 283, 644
ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH:
at Allenswood, 91–107
and Ambition (school composition), 85–86
and ambition and will to succeed, 85
aristocracy, 149
artistic endeavors of, 94–95
attends Theodore’s inauguration, 170–71
attitude toward society, Auntie Bye and Uncle Theodore help, 117, 118–19
attributes to Franklin virtues ascribed to father, 149
and Aunt Pussie’s taunts, 114
birth of, 29–30
and brothers’ illness, Elliott Jr.’s death, 62
Candida foreshadows role with Franklin, 156–57
care of mother during illness, 50
changes in N.Y. since her childhood, 109
childhood fears and insecurities of, 33
childhood reading memories, 53
and Christmas party at Aunt Corinne’s, 90
and circle of friends, 93, 117
classmates’ recollection of, her schoolwork, 73–79
contrasted with cousin Alice, 38
correspondence with father, 66–68
courtship and engagement of, 126–37, 150, 152–61, 162–70
cousin Alice’s opinion of, 88
Cousin Susie objects to settlement work of, 121
as debutante, social functions surrounding, 112–15
deep puritanical stain in, 154
devoted to Aunt Pussie, 87
disappointed in father, still loves him, 66
and donkey incident at Sorrento, 44
dreads social debut, 110, 112, 113
effect of Allenswood on personality, 91, 103, 106
emerges as leader in Junior League, 122
engagement made public, 167–68
enrolls Hall in Groton, 117–18
envious of Abingdon children, 64
exquisite manners of, 115
faithful churchgoer, 159
father’s breakdown and, 48
and father’s death, 69, 70, 73
and father’s fractured ankle, 39
father’s visits, 63
favorite literature of, 83–84, 84n
and fear of strangers, 53
feels excluded by mother, 40
and first Hyde Park visit, 34
Franklin becomes interested in, 124–26
Franklin gives ring to, 167
and Franklin’s Caribbean cruise, 152, 158, 160
Franklin’s family likes and accepts, 162–63
and Franklin’s lost poem, 131n
and Franklin’s return from the Caribbean, 160
in French convent, 45
and Gilded Butterflies (school composition), 78–79
goes abroad with parents, 42–45
on Grandfather Hall, 19n
great-grandmother and, 18
Hall family depends on, 117
at Hempstead House, 37–38
her mother’s debut and, 113
ideals and values of, 86–88
improved health and appearance of, 103
inherits Theodore Sr.’s philanthropic traits, 6, 12
is “yea sayer” by temperament, 155
joins Consumers League, investigates sweatshop working condition, 122–23
joins Junior League, works at Rivington Street Settlement, 119, 160
left at home after Britannic collision, 35–36, 73
literary aspirations of, 116
love of nature as adolescent, 80–81
love of poetry of, 78
and Loyalty and Friendship (school composition), 86
lying difficult for, hard concealing engagement, 152–53, 164
makes rounds of Oyster Bay kin, 109
Marie Souvestre’s teachings temper Franklin’s views, 147–48
as mediator between mother and son, 162
on men of genius and tasks of a poet, 95–96
mistrusts Franklin’s feelings, 127–29
mother’s coldness and father’s devotion to, 34–35, 40
and mother’s death, Grandma Hall made guardian, 56
neglected by grandmother, 73–75
at Oak Terrace prior to debut, 111
as an outsider, 72
opposed to women’s suffrage, Colony Club invitation, 159
“painfully high ideals no sense of humor,” 153–54
and parents’ separation, 50, 53
plainness and gravity of, 34
reaction to anticlericalism, 100–101
receives attentions from other men, 164
relationship with Marie Souvestre, 93, 97–104, 107, 111, 118
relationship with Oyster Bay relatives, 89
religious upbringing of, 61–62
report cards of, 96–97
returns home from Allenswood with Aunt Pussie, their fight, 104–6
returns to Allenswood for third year, 106
returns to America (1902), exposed to country’s reform mood, 108–10
and Roser classes, 52
and Roser classes, father’s advice on education, 59–60
on Russo-Japanese War, 158
and Sara’s objections to and interference with engagement, 134–37, 138–42, 152, 160
Sara yields to their plans, 161
and secret understanding with father, 57
sees Lyman Delano, 153
shares society’s anti-Semetism, 166
social idealism of, 119–20
social poise of, 155
standards of taste and judgement refined, 94–96
stays at Campobello with Franklin, 165–66
strength of character of, 86
and summer months at Tivoli, 81–84
and Sunday-visi
t-to-Hyde-Park issue, 138–41
and The Flowers Discussion (school composition), 79–81
and The Tempest (school composition), 72–73
three years at Allenswood her happiest, 107
and time for reading at Tivoli, 116
tone of father’s correspondence, 58, 65
and trip to Florence, 104
tyrannized by governess, 75
and Uncle Gracie’s death, 132–33
and Uncle Vallie’s alcoholism, 111–12
visits settlement-house child with Franklin, 166
wedding arrangements of, 170–73
wedding ceremony and reception of, 172–74
and world into which born, 29–33
ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR WIFE AND MOTHER:
accepted by social elite, 234
adjustment problems with Franklin, 192–94
aids Franklin politically, 212–13, 216–17
Alice tries canteen work, 264
angry with Theodore over Franklin’s enlistment question, 257
approves of Hall’s joining air force, 257
approves of Rosy Roosevelt’s marriage, 235
attention shifts to wounded after war, 267
bad times with Franklin, buries self in work, 294
becomes versed in politics, 213, 216–17
and birth of Franklin Jr., 199
and births of second Franklin Jr. and John Aspinwall, 236–37
bothered by Jews at social functions, 263
canteen duties and other war work of, 255, 259, 260–62, 263–65
careful and frugal manager, runs athwart Sara, 214
with children while Franklin away, 200–202
climbs mast on the Rhode Island, 227
converts to women’s suffrage, 258
desire to serve breaks confinement to family, 302
disastrous revel at Chevy Chase Club, 300
discourages intimacy with the Howes, 233
doing her job “better than anyone else,” 235
doubts about Hall’s marriage, 223
effect of war on family life, 255, 262
effect of Wilson years on, 226
and Elliott’s birth, 203, 207
European trip of, 281, 282–88
feelings about Franklin’s Caribbean tour, 253
finds new independence in Albany, 210
and first fan letter, 212
first pregnancy of, Anna’s birth, 189
and food-saving program, 258
Franklin abroad, 264, 265, 266
Franklin appointed assistant secretary of Navy, 224–25
Franklin completes law school, 186
and Franklin heirs to progressive tradition, 229
Franklin Jr.’s illness and death, 202–4
with Franklin on official inspection tour, 228–29
and Franklin’s birthday party, 299–300
and Franklin’s Navy League speech and mine-barrage plan, 256
and Franklin’s return and illness, 266–67
and Franklin’s victory and move to Albany, 208–9
Franklin visits occupied areas, 286
future activism of apparent, 234
future-of-Hyde-Park argument with Sara, 259–60
and Grandma Hall’s death, 298
Hall’s visits to Campobello, 200
Hall turns to in every crisis, 220–21
happy in own Campobello home, 199, 200
hears Wilson’s declaration-of-war address, 254
helps control Franklin’s brashness and self-esteem, 245–46
helps Franklin in Wilson movement, 216–17
and Henry Adams, 231
her and Franklin’s income, 187
at home during Franklin’s state-senate campaign, 207–8
honeymoon of, 178–85
house headquarters insurgents in Sheehan designation fight, 210–12
household changes, hires black servants, 293–94
and Howe, and Franklin’s campaign, 218
at Hyde Park while Franklin in N.Y., 188
individually of subordinated to Franklin and Sara, 179
and initiation into official life, 209–10
insecure about running household, 178
intimate circle of friends, 224–25
invited everywhere, 230
invites Miss Spring to Campobello, 200
is jealous of Kitty Gandy, 181
is vigorous anti-suffragette, 207, 213
James and the Palmer assassination attempt, 295
and James’ birth, 194–95
labor movement engages sympathies of, 290–91
Lady Gertrude calls on, 285
and Lucy Mercer affair, 270–79, 293, 310
managerial abilities of, 219–20
and Maude’s romance with David Gray, 222
as moralist in politics, 217
moves into Draper house, 186
Mrs. Wilson visits canteen, 264
naval vessels at Tivoli and Campobello, 228
not involved in League of Nations or women’s suffrage issues, 289
not yet “evident force,” 213
opinions of Wilson, 282
and outbreak of World War I, 247–54
prefers ignoring own birthdays, 299
prods Franklin to write Sara, 179
racial violence in Washington, D.C. (1919), anxious over Franklin, 294–95
rebels against Sara and Cousin Susie, 301–2
and reconciliation with Franklin, 280
and Red-Cross England proposal, 263
relationship with children, 236–44
relationship with Franklin, 298–99
relationship with the children, 296–98
reservations about Theodore in 1916 campaign, 251
returns to Albany (winter, 1911), popularity of, 215
Sara builds 65th St. house, 197
Sara controls raising of grandchildren, 189–90, 196
Sara’s domination increasingly oppressive, 196, 197–200
Sara sets lifestyle during first year of marriage, 187, 188, 189–90
Sara’s influence and interference, 236, 238, 240–43, 244
Sara stays with, 191
and Schenectady visit to Hall and Margaret, 259
sense of inadequacy as woman, 203
settlement-house work frowned on, 187
sexual attitudes of, 178–79
she and Franklin ill, campaign successful, 219
“sleeping princess awakened,” 269
social engagements of, in tears over dinner party, 299–300
and the Springs-Rice’s departure, 262–63
state of mind during 1919, 292–93
success as wife of public official, 223
summers at Campobello, 190–91
supports Franklin’s political ambitions, 205–8
and Theodore’s death, 283
and Theodore’s visits, 256–57
three deaths in 1918, 262
and trip home, observations on President and Mrs. Wilson, 286–89
visits French hospitals, 286
and war-front visit, 284–85
Washington atmosphere “very partisan,” 289
Washington duties of, 226–27
the Woodrow Wilsons talked about, 184
and work with hospitalized veterans, other public activity, 267–69
ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR EMERGENCE OF ELEANOR ROOSEVELT:
activities considered her own, pride in paid jobs, 416
advocates air travel, cross-country flight, 461
ahead of Franklin on labor issues, 410
and Albany battles for women and children legislation, 385–86
and Anna and James’ trip to Europe, 342
Anna a problem, 340, 341
and Anna’s marriage, Sara’s wedding gift, 373–74
anti-war sentiments of, 350
ascetic strain of, 438
attitude of toward Franklin’s presidential ambitions, 422
behind-the-scene political activity of, 408–9
best defense against Sara to get away, 378
and Bok Peace Award controversy, 351–53
breaks with precedents, 452–53
and campaign, 312–18, 346, 347
at Campobello, Howe ideal guest, 330
and Capt. Calder’s aid, 337
captivates the public, 457
champions protection of women and children workers, 409
and Child Labor Amendment fight, 360, 361
and child-labor-legislation issue, 432
children resent Howe, Sara uses, 340, 341
concerned over Franklin’s neglect of children, 429–30
concerned over prison conditions, 414
and the convention, friends baffled by her attitude, 435–36
cousin Alice’s malice toward, 472
criticized for nonconformity and continuing her activities, 444–45
daily schedule of, her staff, 465–67
defenders of, 446–47
and the Democratic News, 385
and Democratic State Committee fund-raising, 385
described by the press, 308–9
despairs over exclusion by Franklin, 429
domestic responsibilities of, Franklin’s illness and, 363–65, 369, 370
in Dutchess County politics, coached in public speaking, 346
elected to Leslie Commission, 387
Election Day, 318
envisages her role in Albany, 400–401
in Europe, 414–16
and executive-mansion lifestyle, 406
“fear” worst outcome of Depression, 450
and first grandchild, 375
first involvement in public controversy, 326
follows Franklin’s progress, his week at Campobello, 311–12
formal entertainments of, teas, receptions, 469–71
Franklin and Elliott go to France, 431
Franklin elected governor, her withdrawal from politics, 399
Franklin goes to N.Y., 337, 338
and Franklin K. Lane’s death, 321
Franklin lifts ban on attending political gatherings, 408
Franklin nominated for presidency, her unhappiness, 437, 438–39
Franklin paralyzed, she ministers, 332–36
and Franklin’s bid for the presidency, 422–25
Franklin’s close advisers resent, 432
and Franklin’s gubernatorial nomination, 392–98
and Franklin’s homecoming ceremonies, 310
and Franklin’s need of, 327
and Franklin’s nomination for vice president (1920), 308–9
and Franklin’s notification ceremonies, 312
Franklin’s playboy qualities irritate, 317
and Franklin’s power struggle with Smith, 402–5