Study Questions
1. What were the important lessons that Eleanor and Franklin learned about American politics during Franklin's legislative career in New York? How did Franklin win his first election? What did the Roosevelts' experience with Tammany Hall teach them about machine politics?
2. As a political wife Eleanor Roosevelt came to realize that something in her "craved to be an individual." In what ways had her life to that time limit her individuality? What avenues, if any, were open to her to allow her to become more of an individual?
3. What were the strengths and weaknesses in Eleanor and Franklin's marriage during his early years as a politician?
4. In 1913 Franklin Roosevelt went to Washington as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. What was Eleanor's role in Washington in the public life and as a homemaker?
5. In what ways did Eleanor expand her horizons during her early years in Washington? In what ways was she still limited by conventional behaviors and conventional thought?
1. What were the important lessons that Eleanor and Franklin learned about American politics during Franklin's legislative career in New York? How did Franklin win his first election? What did the Roosevelts' experience with Tammany Hall teach them about machine politics?
2. As a political wife Eleanor Roosevelt came to realize that something in her "craved to be an individual." In what ways had her life to that time limit her individuality? What avenues, if any, were open to her to allow her to become more of an individual?
3. What were the strengths and weaknesses in Eleanor and Franklin's marriage during his early years as a politician?
4. In 1913 Franklin Roosevelt went to Washington as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. What was Eleanor's role in Washington in the public life and as a homemaker?
5. In what ways did Eleanor expand her horizons during her early years in Washington? In what ways was she still limited by conventional behaviors and conventional thought?