Eleanor and Franklin (176 page)

Perkins, Frances W., 350, 403–5, 470, 486, 488, 496, 572, 747, 748, 761, 788, 789, 793, 794, 826

in Consumers League, difficulties with Franklin, 213

eulogy on Eleanor at 1936 Democratic convention, 557

periodic campaigns against, 583–85

and plan to overhaul public-employment service, 419

racial issue and, 650

and youth-movement question, 684

Personal Letters
(F. D. Roosevelt), 281

Peter (of
Yugoslavia
), 846

Peterson, Cecil, 877

Phillips, Caroline, 233, 237, 238, 246, 247, 248, 282, 341, 406, 428, 550, 750

see also
Drayton, Caroline

Phillips, Christopher, 613

Phillips, William, 232, 233–34, 244, 245–47, 248, 272, 307, 406, 428

Pickett, Clarence, 493, 497, 498–99, 500, 503, 505–6, 579, 648, 713, 714–15, 716–17, 721

Pilat, Oliver, 776

Pinchot, Leila, 822

Pittman, Key, 707

Polier, Justine Wise, 733, 822

Polk, Lily, 196, 238

Polly,
see
Delano, Laura

Popular Front, 754, 757, 759, 760

Powell, Rev. Adam Clayton, 857

Pratt, Mrs. John, 347

Pratt, Trude, 608, 860, 905

Prenosil, Stanley W., 391

Price, Byron, 453

Prohibiting Poverty
(Martin), 482–83, 680

Putnam, George Palmer, 462

Pynchon, Charles F., 504, 510

Rainey, Dr. Homer P., 686

Randolph, A. Philip, 676–77

Rantoul, Lois, 291

Raset, Zena, 819

Raskob, John J., 397, 548, 561

Rayburn, Sam, 559

Read, Elizabeth, 353–54, 357, 381, 599, 604

and Eleanor's relationship with, 322

Reading, Lady Stella, 265, 812–13, 821, 822, 836, 837, 839, 848

Reeves Floyd, 698

Regler, Gustave, 722

Reid, Helen, 795

Reid, Jean, 119, 121, 130

Reid, Mrs. Whitelaw, 287

Reid, Whitelaw, 119, 130

Reuther, Walter, 894, 897, 898

Rhodes, June Hamilton, 393, 458

Richardson, Margaret (Mrs. Hall Roosevelt), 215, 223

Richberg, Donald, 650

Riley, Betty,
see
Roosevelt, Betty

Rios, Señora de los, 722, 724

Ritchie, Albert, 548

Robbins, Muriel (Moo), 129, 130, 131, 158, 167, 170, 190, 194

Robbins, Warren Delano, 131, 172, 446

Roberts, Chalmers, 842, 848, 849

Robeson, Paul, 895

Robins, Mrs. Raymond, 291

Robinson, Corinne (aunt), 3–4, 5, 12, 22, 49, 55, 65, 68, 69, 109, 119, 122, 124, 126, 132–33, 152, 163, 164, 165, 178, 187, 206, 313, 472

on Eleanor at Allenswood, 102, 103

Elliott's French mistress writes to, 69–70

Lucy Mercer affair and, 278

reaction to Eleanor's engagement, 169

Robinson, Corinne (cousin),
see
Alsop, Mrs. Joseph

Robinson, Douglas, 49, 65, 178, 257

Robinson, Douglas, Jr., 190

Robinson, Helen,
see
Roosevelt, Helen

Robinson, Joseph, 579, 651, 652, 707

Robinson, Theodore Douglas, 113, 163, 178, 187–88, 192, 195, 199, 205, 206, 215

Roche, Josephine, 587

Rockefeller, Nelson, 811

Roddan, Edward L., 555, 560, 568

Rodman, Selden, 797

Rogers, Edith Nourse, 733

Rogers, Edmund, 190

Rogge, O. John, 594–95

Rohde, Ruth Bryan, 593

Roosevelt, Alice,
see
Longworth, Alice Roosevelt

Roosevelt, Alice Lee, 29

Roosevelt, Anna (Mrs. William Sheffield; Aunt Bamie or Bye), 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14, 16, 28, 29, 37, 38, 65, 88, 89, 90, 100, 102, 105, 109, 117, 158, 160, 165, 167, 170–71, 178, 205, 206, 213, 216, 220, 221, 233, 608

and Anna Hall Roosevelt's decision concerning children, 56

assists at Eleanor's birth, 29

with Elliott at Mariengrund sanitarium, 45

and Elliott's separation from wife, 49, 50, 51

Elliott turns against, 63

Franklin a favorite of, 125

Franklin and Eleanor stay with, 229

helps adjudge Elliott insane, 46

her at-homes set example for Eleanor, 118

influence of on Eleanor, 288

reaction to Eleanor's engagement, 169

Theodore's visits to, 118

on Washington ritual of social calls, 226

Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor (daughter), 179, 195, 196, 203, 259, 280, 294, 312, 331, 341–42, 351, 364, 396, 427, 441, 445, 457, 467, 543, 544, 570, 599, 608, 612, 614–15, 616, 618, 620, 624, 629, 633, 782, 784, 801, 818–19, 884, 907, 911, 919, 920

abroad with Sara (1925), 372

accompanies father to Yalta, 913

birth and christening of, 189–90

and birth of first child, 375

on difference between parents' personalities, 640

divorces Curtis Dall, 465

and father's illness, 889
n
, 891

letter to father as child, 201

marriage of, Sara's wedding gift to, 373–74

on mother's jealousy, 640–41

problems with marriage, 429

quoted, 242–43

relationship with mother as teenager, 372–74

and resentment of Louis Howe, 341–42

resents Missy, 640–41

run-in with father, 343

stays at White House, 891–92

upbringing and education of, 236–44
passim
, 296, 297

Roosevelt, Anna Hall (mother), 3, 16, 17, 18, 23–24, 65, 70, 112, 117–18, 173, 605

and birth of Elliott Jr., 40

and
Britannic
collision, 35

and children's education, 52

and courtship and marriage to Elliott, 21–25

and disappointment in Eleanor, 40

education and religious training of, 19–21

and Elliott's absence, 41

and European trip, Elliott placed in asylum, 42–47

family background of, 17–21

has Elliott adjudged insane, 46–47

illness and death, 55–56

illness of, 50

income and lifestyle of, her beauty, 26, 27–28

makes Eleanor feel excluded, 40

pregnancy of, Eleanor's birth, 29

return to States, life at Hempstead House, 37

and separation from Elliott, 49–51

sons a comfort to, 53

trip to Europe resumed, 36

Roosevelt, Archibald, Jr., 771

Roosevelt, Betty, 235, 441

Roosevelt, Christine, 114, 115, 125

Roosevelt, Corinne,
see
Robinson, Corinne (aunt)

Roosevelt, Cornelius Van Schaack, 5

Roosevelt, Danny (grandson), 616–17, 819

Roosevelt, Dorothy, 114

Roosevelt, Edith (Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt), 89, 170, 171, 232, 262, 283, 644

ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH:

at Allenswood, 91–107

and
Ambition
(school composition), 85–86

and ambition and will to succeed, 85

aristocracy, 149

artistic endeavors of, 94–95

attends Theodore's inauguration, 170–71

attitude toward society, Auntie Bye and Uncle Theodore help, 117, 118–19

attributes to Franklin virtues ascribed to father, 149

and Aunt Pussie's taunts, 114

birth of, 29–30

and brothers' illness, Elliott Jr.'s death, 62

Candida
foreshadows role with Franklin, 156–57

care of mother during illness, 50

changes in N.Y. since her childhood, 109

childhood fears and insecurities of, 33

childhood reading memories, 53

and Christmas party at Aunt Corinne's, 90

and circle of friends, 93, 117

classmates' recollection of, her schoolwork, 73–79

contrasted with cousin Alice, 38

correspondence with father, 66–68

courtship and engagement of, 126–37, 150, 152–61, 162–70

cousin Alice's opinion of, 88

Cousin Susie objects to settlement work of, 121

as debutante, social functions surrounding, 112–15

deep puritanical stain in, 154

devoted to Aunt Pussie, 87

disappointed in father, still loves him, 66

and donkey incident at Sorrento, 44

dreads social debut, 110, 112, 113

effect of Allenswood on personality, 91, 103, 106

emerges as leader in Junior League, 122

engagement made public, 167–68

enrolls Hall in Groton, 117–18

envious of Abingdon children, 64

exquisite manners of, 115

faithful churchgoer, 159

father's breakdown and, 48

and father's death, 69, 70, 73

and father's fractured ankle, 39

father's visits, 63

favorite literature of, 83–84, 84
n

and fear of strangers, 53

feels excluded by mother, 40

and first Hyde Park visit, 34

Franklin becomes interested in, 124–26

Franklin gives ring to, 167

and Franklin's Caribbean cruise, 152, 158, 160

Franklin's family likes and accepts, 162–63

and Franklin's lost poem, 131
n

and Franklin's return from the Caribbean, 160

in French convent, 45

and
Gilded Butterflies
(school composition), 78–79

goes abroad with parents, 42–45

on Grandfather Hall, 19
n

great-grandmother and, 18

Hall family depends on, 117

at Hempstead House, 37–38

her mother's debut and, 113

ideals and values of, 86–88

improved health and appearance of, 103

inherits Theodore Sr.'s philanthropic traits, 6, 12

is “yea sayer” by temperament, 155

joins Consumers League, investigates sweatshop working condition, 122–23

joins Junior League, works at Rivington Street Settlement, 119, 160

left at home after
Britannic
collision, 35–36, 73

literary aspirations of, 116

love of nature as adolescent, 80–81

love of poetry of, 78

and
Loyalty and Friendship
(school composition), 86

lying difficult for, hard concealing engagement, 152–53, 164

makes rounds of Oyster Bay kin, 109

Marie Souvestre's teachings temper Franklin's views, 147–48

as mediator between mother and son, 162

on men of genius and tasks of a poet, 95–96

mistrusts Franklin's feelings, 127–29

mother's coldness and father's devotion to, 34–35, 40

and mother's death, Grandma Hall made guardian, 56

neglected by grandmother, 73–75

at Oak Terrace prior to debut, 111

as an outsider, 72

opposed to women's suffrage, Colony Club invitation, 159

“painfully high ideals no sense of humor,” 153–54

and parents' separation, 50, 53

plainness and gravity of, 34

reaction to anticlericalism, 100–101

receives attentions from other men, 164

relationship with Marie Souvestre, 93, 97–104, 107, 111, 118

relationship with Oyster Bay relatives, 89

religious upbringing of, 61–62

report cards of, 96–97

returns home from Allenswood with Aunt Pussie, their fight, 104–6

returns to Allenswood for third year, 106

returns to America (1902), exposed to country's reform mood, 108–10

and Roser classes, 52

and Roser classes, father's advice on education, 59–60

on Russo-Japanese War, 158

and Sara's objections to and interference with engagement, 134–37, 138–42, 152, 160

Sara yields to their plans, 161

and secret understanding with father, 57

sees Lyman Delano, 153

shares society's anti-Semetism, 166

social idealism of, 119–20

social poise of, 155

standards of taste and judgement refined, 94–96

stays at Campobello with Franklin, 165–66

strength of character of, 86

and summer months at Tivoli, 81–84

and Sunday-visit-to-Hyde-Park issue, 138–41

and
The Flowers Discussion
(school composition), 79–81

and
The Tempest
(school composition), 72–73

three years at Allenswood her happiest, 107

and time for reading at Tivoli, 116

tone of father's correspondence, 58, 65

and trip to Florence, 104

tyrannized by governess, 75

and Uncle Gracie's death, 132–33

and Uncle Vallie's alcoholism, 111–12

visits settlement-house child with Franklin, 166

wedding arrangements of, 170–73

wedding ceremony and reception of, 172–74

and world into which born, 29–33

ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR WIFE AND MOTHER:

accepted by social elite, 234

adjustment problems with Franklin, 192–94

aids Franklin politically, 212–13, 216–17

Alice tries canteen work, 264

angry with Theodore over Franklin's enlistment question, 257

approves of Hall's joining air force, 257

approves of Rosy Roosevelt's marriage, 235

attention shifts to wounded after war, 267

bad times with Franklin, buries self in work, 294

becomes versed in politics, 213, 216–17

and birth of Franklin Jr., 199

and births of second Franklin Jr. and John Aspinwall, 236–37

bothered by Jews at social functions, 263

canteen duties and other war work of, 255, 259, 260–62, 263–65

careful and frugal manager, runs athwart Sara, 214

with children while Franklin away, 200–202

climbs mast on the
Rhode Island
, 227

converts to women's suffrage, 258

desire to serve breaks confinement to family, 302

disastrous revel at Chevy Chase Club, 300

discourages intimacy with the Howes, 233

doing her job “better than anyone else,” 235

doubts about Hall's marriage, 223

effect of war on family life, 255, 262

effect of Wilson years on, 226

and Elliott's birth, 203, 207