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Sara Ann Roosevelt (née Delano; September 21, 1854 – September 7, 1941) was the second wife of James Roosevelt I (from 1880), the mother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States and her only child, and subsequently the mother-in-law of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Sara Delano was tall and radiantly beautiful and had many suitors. At twenty-six, to the surprise of her friends, she married James Roosevelt, a widower who was twice her age. By all accounts, she found great happiness in her marriage and in life on her husband's Hyde Park, New York, estate.
Oct 2, 2014 · From her ghostwritten campaign biography of "My Boy, Franklin" to speeches about Mother's Day and the New Deal, Sara established a public persona that stood in stark contrast to Eleanor Roosevelt's more activist stance.
Apr 7, 2023 · Studio portrait of future president Franklin D Roosevelt as an 11 year-old boy, holding the hand of his mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt. Franklin was eight years old when his father sustained a...
Sep 7, 2011 · Sara Delano Roosevelt died 70 years ago today, just short of her 87 th birthday. At her death, she was only the second mother, after Mary Washington, to see her son elected to the presidency.
Sara Ann Delano (1854-1941) is best known as the mother of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. At the age of 46, upon her husband’s death, Sara took charge of the Roosevelt household and was appointed Franklin’s sole guardian.
Sara began a life long effort to retain control of her son, as he became what one biographer called “her obsession, her purpose in life, her reason for being.” However, unlike other controlling mothers of successful men, Sara did not seem to have an elevated future in mind for her son.
Jul 30, 2024 · Sara Delano Roosevelt was the mother of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. She was extremely devoted to FDR, who was her only child. She holds the distinction of being the first mother to cast a presidential vote for her son. Roosevelt was born in 1824 into a wealthy family.
Sara Delano Roosevelt (SDR) was the daughter of Warren Delano, a wealthy merchant who made a fortune in the tea and opium trade in China, and after losing it, returned to make a second fortune. Sara grew up in Hong Kong from 1862-65 and in Algonac, the family estate on the Hudson River near Newburgh, New York.
May 12, 2017 · When selecting her portraitist, however, Sara Delano Roosevelt went in an entirely different direction. She eschewed a safe and traditional East coast portraitist like Rand for the chicest of chic society artists, the fashionable Tade Styka, a favorite of the European and entertainment set, a purveyor of glamor without question, but a ...