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Eleanor Roosevelt’s Washington
Eleanor Roosevelt reinvented the role of First Lady. She led women’s organizations, fought for consumer welfare, civil rights, and improved housing. She has been called the eyes and ears of her husband, President Franklin Roosevelt. She lived in Washington, D.C. twice, first when her husband served as assistant secretary of the Navy and then as First Lady. Among the places you’ll see are the home on a quiet street near Embassy Row where her world changed forever, the Dupont Circle office building where she briefly held a paying job, the White House, and DAR Constitution Hall, where singer Marian Anderson was denied a chance to perform and whose cause Roosevelt championed. The tour concludes with a guided visit to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial, dedicated to the work of her husband yet also featuring a statue of Eleanor Roosevelt herself--the only First Lady so honored.
Led by Mary O.
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