Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: January 15-21

January 20, 1939 "WASHINGTON, Thursday—...The State of Washington provides me with an interesting letter and a newspaper clipping this morning. My correspondent asks that I answer her question in my column. This is the question: "I am enclosing a clipping. Is this called free speech?" The clipping is from a paper called "The Statesmen Index", … Continue reading Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: January 15-21

Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: January 1-7

January 2, 1951 "HYDE PARK, Monday—I have just had an amusing, anonymous letter, and I am going to reproduce it here because I think it is a good note on which to start the New Year. My correspondent writes: "My dear Mrs. Roosevelt: Don't you think it is a mistake to refer to yourself as … Continue reading Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: January 1-7

Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: September 15-21

September 18, 1941 "WASHINGTON, Wednesday—I received a letter in my mail yesterday, signed with an assumed name. The lady is much annoyed with the President because she has been told that he has been holding a bill on his desk, which happens to affect a particular situation in her own family. She has been told … Continue reading Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: September 15-21

Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: March 15-21

March 20, 1941 "WASHINGTON, Wednesday —...Sometimes I think a few people are becoming a trifle hysterical. To bear this out, I shall quote here a few lines from a letter which I have just received from a lady. There is nothing peculiar about this letter. The writer just assails the President and the present Administration … Continue reading Eleanor Roosevelt – My Day: March 15-21