Eleanor Roosevelt

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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.
 
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.
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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, and moved into the White House with her parent and her two children.  Anna would then obtain a Nevada divorce and in early 1935 marry Boettiger.  The delay perhaps being primarily because the Roosevelt's did not two of their children divorcing so quickly.
  
 
In 1932, Franklin was handily elected US President and the family moved into the White House, in Washington, DC.
 
In 1932, Franklin was handily elected US President and the family moved into the White House, in Washington, DC.

Revision as of 22:22, 15 June 2008

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