Eleanor Roosevelt
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About 1915, Eleanor discovered that Franklin had had an affair with her social secretary Lucy Mercer, and their own romatic relationship was said to have cooled or even ceased at that point. She offered him a divorce, but they did not. Eleanor devoted herself, during World War I to volunteer efforts which resulted in her becoming involved with the League of Women Voters, the Women's Trade Union League and the women's division of the New York State Democratic Committee. | About 1915, Eleanor discovered that Franklin had had an affair with her social secretary Lucy Mercer, and their own romatic relationship was said to have cooled or even ceased at that point. She offered him a divorce, but they did not. Eleanor devoted herself, during World War I to volunteer efforts which resulted in her becoming involved with the League of Women Voters, the Women's Trade Union League and the women's division of the New York State Democratic Committee. | ||
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| + | It was while she was director of women's activities for the Democratic Committee that Eleanor met her soon-to-be long-time companion [[Lorena Hickok]]. | ||
Franklin became governor of [[New York]]. | Franklin became governor of [[New York]]. | ||
