This Mother's Day we celebrate two of the mothers in FDR's life - Sara and Eleanor. Happy Mother's Day - To FDR? In 1940, FDR and his mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, celebrated Mother’s Day in an unconventional manner—she gave her son a gift! This role reversal was connected to the creation of the Roosevelt Library. … Continue reading Happy Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day The first presidential proclamation honoring Mother's Day was issued by President Woodrow Wilson in 1914. Each successive year, presidents followed Wilson's example and issued a Mother's Day proclamation. But in 1935, Franklin Roosevelt broke with tradition. He believed that Mother's Day was so deeply ingrained in the American psyche that an annual presidential proclamation was an unnecessary … Continue reading Found in the Archives
Eleanor Roosevelt's Gold Locket and Chain (MO 2005.1.2) "I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity." -Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt had six children with her husband Franklin. The couple's first child, Anna, was born in 1906. … Continue reading From the Museum
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