Eleanor Roosevelt
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The 1932 Democratic party convention was held in Chicago. Eleanor and Franklin were not present, they were in Albany awaiting word that the party would choose Franklin to run for US President that year. Three ballots went and still there was no conclusive choice. Eleanor's son-in-law [[Curtis Bean Dall]] who had married Anna, relates an interesting story about how "Missouri came in early" for Roosevelt, due presumably to his intervention. | The 1932 Democratic party convention was held in Chicago. Eleanor and Franklin were not present, they were in Albany awaiting word that the party would choose Franklin to run for US President that year. Three ballots went and still there was no conclusive choice. Eleanor's son-in-law [[Curtis Bean Dall]] who had married Anna, relates an interesting story about how "Missouri came in early" for Roosevelt, due presumably to his intervention. | ||
| − | Nancy Cook and Marion Dickerman however '''were''' there and when a letter arrived from Eleanor expressing her profound unhappiness about the possibility of Franklin being '''chosen''', they showed it to Louis Howe. Promptly destroying it, he ordered them never to mention the contents of that letter to anyone. | + | Nancy Cook and Marion Dickerman however '''were''' there and when a letter arrived from Eleanor expressing her profound unhappiness about the possibility of Franklin being '''chosen''', they showed it to Louis Howe. Promptly destroying it, he ordered them never to mention the contents of that letter to anyone. (Farber, p. 86) |
In 1932, Franklin ran for and was elected US President and the family moved into the White House, in Washington, DC. It was about this time that Eleanor met [[Lorena Hickok]], a female journalist for AP, assigned to cover part of the Roosevelt story. | In 1932, Franklin ran for and was elected US President and the family moved into the White House, in Washington, DC. It was about this time that Eleanor met [[Lorena Hickok]], a female journalist for AP, assigned to cover part of the Roosevelt story. | ||
