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Things I didn't know about Eleanor Roosevelt. [View all]
I always thought I knew a decent amount about one of America's most popular and influential First Ladies. Turns out, there were a few things I missed: real first name was Anna, Franklin Roosevelt's fifth cousin, and eventually died of tuberculosis. I somehow managed to read two books on FDR and watch the great History Channel documentary on the couple in '08 without committing these facts to memory.
More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt
Fun stuff. I wish more people could be like she was.
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