FIRST LADY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 09/07/1961 - HFSID 327878
Price: $350.00
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
Letter from the former First Lady to a friend, thanking her for the
gift of flowers and a phone call and saying that she is looking forward to
resuming her regular schedule
Typed letter signed: "Eleanor Roosevelt", in blue ink, 6x7.
September 7, 1961. New York City, New York. In full: "Dear Maxeda: How
lovely of you to call and send flowers! I am please and grateful for your
thought. I am happy to tell you that my tests went well and I am looking forward
to resuming my regular schedule. With many thanks and my love to you and your
mother. Affectionately". Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) married
her distant cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1905 (her uncle, President
Theodore Roosevelt, gave her away). She would serve as First Lady for 12
years and 39 days (March 4, 1933 until her husband's death of a cerebral
hemorrhage on April 12, 1945), longer than any other woman.Eleanor, who
had previously been First Lady of New York when FDR was Governor of the
state (1929-1933), later became known as "First Lady of the World" for her
humanitarian efforts, including getting the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights adopted by the United Nations. Appointed by President Truman, she had
been a member of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations from
1945-1952. Slight surface creases. Normal mailing fold. Fine
condition.
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