She had a lifetime of adversity? Wasn't she born to a rich family?
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ER's father was alcoholic, mother suffered depression & died when she was 8. Raised by GM who didn't want her.
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I didn't know that. Thank you for the information. That would constitute a tough life.
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she had to take care of FDR once he had polio, rehab workouts with him daily, build his career, and raise kids.
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And don't forget she had to put up with his mother Sara.
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"Turn the other profile" - a pun on JFK's "Profiles in Courage"?
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At first, Eleanor Roosevelt did not approve of JFK, feeling him too young. But after meeting him, she quickly changed her mind.pic.twitter.com/1qFC0l9pO6
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who writes like this anymore?
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Ahh...the old school version of twitter. Telegrams can't be too long.
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No amount of wealth gives one the civility and refinement that comes from enlightened aristocratic breeding. Esp. Edwardian.
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Loved the way she started the letter.
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What a boss!
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then he wins and gives her boy Adlai the choice between no job or a job where Dean Rusk is his boss
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