Dec 1st, 2008 · When the country's newest first children - Sasha and Malea Obama - move into the White House, they'll encounter a life that relatively few children have known. Curtis Roosevelt, the grandson of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, grew up in the White House and says the experience was a life changing adventure. Roosevelt reflects on his unique childhood at 1600 Pennsylvania, which is detailed in his new book Too Close to the Sun.
Keywords: White House · children · country · president · Pennsylvania · childhood · Grandson · Roosevelt · adventure · Sasha · emtoo · Malea Obama White House
Mar 12th, 2008 · Melissa Block remembers Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first "fireside chat" as president, which he delivered on March 12, 1933 -- 75 years ago Wednesday. Roosevelt had been in office just eight days and had little time to waste, as the country needed reassuring.
Keywords: officer · country · president · Melissa Block · Roosevelt · 1933 · Fireside · Franklin Delano Roosevelt · reassuring
Mar 4th, 2008 · Franklin Delano Roosevelt began his presidency 75 years ago today. It was in the depths of the Great Depression. During his first 100 days in office, Congress passed much of Roosevelt's initiatives and programs known as the New Deal. Donald Ritchie, author of Electing FDR: The New Deal Campaign of 1932, speaks with NPR's Renee Montagne.
Keywords: Congress · officer · Depression · Renee Montagne · Presidency · Roosevelt · Great Depression · Antidote · FDR · Franklin Delano Roosevelt · New Deal · Totalitarianism
Nov 4th, 2007 · Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the eldest daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, was famous in her own right. She earned the nickname "the other Washington monument" because of her lifelong involvement in political affairs. Stacy Cordery, author of "Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker" talks with host Liane Hansen.
Keywords: politics · Washington · Liane Hansen · famous · daughter · Roosevelt · Biography · nickname · monument · President Theodore Roosevelt · eldest · Alice
Jun 30th, 2007 · Seventy-five years ago, delegates to the National Democratic Party Convention narrowly nominated Franklin Delano Roosevelt as their presidential nominee. Mr. Roosevelt broke with tradition by showing up in person to accept the nomination.
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Jun 23rd, 2006 · For decades after his death, Roosevelt was regarded as a hyperactive New York swell. It wasn't until John Morton Blum published The Republican Roosevelt that Roosevelt assumed his stature as a force to be reckoned with in the Oval Office. Political historian Lewis Gould talks about the impact of Blum's study.
Keywords: politics · New York · deaths · historian · Roosevelt · Oval Office · stature · Theodore · hyperactive · John Morton Blum · The Republican Roosevelt · Lewis Gould
Apr 30th, 2006 · John Kenneth Galbraith, the renowned economist, teacher and diplomat, died Saturday at the age of 97. Galbraith, who served presidents Roosevelt and Kennedy, reached a mass audience with books like The Affluent Society. He was an unabashed liberal, who believed government has a large role to play in the economy.
Keywords: Economy · economic · president · audience · diplomats · Teachers · economist · Kennedy · liberals · John · Roosevelt · Galbraith
Apr 30th, 2006 · John Kenneth Galbraith -- social economist, Harvard professor, diplomat -- is dead at 97. His work influenced Roosevelt, Kennedy and Johnson and generations of U.S. politicians. He spoke to Howard Berkes in 1999.
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