October 11, 1884 - November 7, 1962 (Age: 78)
The longest serving First Lady of the United States, holding the position from March 1933 - April 1945. She married Franklin D. Roosevelt when she returned to the U.S. after going to London for school, who was her fifth cousin. She made many appearances on her husbands behalf. She was the first First Lady to have press conferences. After her husband's death she remained active, urging the U.S. to join the United Nations and served as the first chair on the UN Commission on Human Rights. She was diagnosed withh aplastic anemia and was given steroids that activated a case of bone marrow tuberculosis and died of cardiac failure at her home.
The longest serving First Lady of the United States, holding the position from March 1933 - April 1945. She married Franklin D. Roosevelt when she returned to the U.S. after going to London for school, who was her fifth cousin. She made many appearances on her husbands behalf. She was the first First Lady to have press conferences. After her husband's death she remained active, urging the U.S. to join the United Nations and served as the first chair on the UN Commission on Human Rights. She was diagnosed withh aplastic anemia and was given steroids that activated a case of bone marrow tuberculosis and died of cardiac failure at her home.