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. 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) 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 Curtis' 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. 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) 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 Curtis' intervention. | ||
| − | Now the campaign began in earnest, with FDR, Eleanor and family on a cross-country train trip to shake hands and kiss babies. It was now that the relationship between Eleanor and [[Lorena Hickok]], a female journalist for AP, assigned to cover part of the Roosevelt story began to deepen. They had known each other, and of each other, in passing for several years, but never in close quarters. The confines of a long train-trip tend to make quick friends of acquaintances. | + | Franklin however was chosen, and flew to Chicago to accept the nomination. Now the campaign began in earnest, with FDR, Eleanor and family on a cross-country train trip to shake hands and kiss babies. It was now that the relationship between Eleanor and [[Lorena Hickok]], a female journalist for AP, assigned to cover part of the Roosevelt story began to deepen. They had known each other, and of each other, in passing for several years, but never in close quarters. The confines of a long train-trip tend to make quick friends of acquaintances. |
Another relationship was forming on that cross-country train as well. Mrs. Anna Dall, the married daughter of FDR and Eleanor, met and fell in-love with journalist John Boettiger, assigned by the ''Chicago Tribune''. Some months later, she seperated from her husband Curtis, obtained a Nevada divorce and in early 1935 married Boettiger. | Another relationship was forming on that cross-country train as well. Mrs. Anna Dall, the married daughter of FDR and Eleanor, met and fell in-love with journalist John Boettiger, assigned by the ''Chicago Tribune''. Some months later, she seperated from her husband Curtis, obtained a Nevada divorce and in early 1935 married Boettiger. | ||
