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Podcast: Calling History: Listen In on Conversations with History’s Most Influential People.
Episode: Eleanor Roosevelt Part 1: Father Took Us to the Slums after Dinner.
Description: In 1961, Eleanor Roosevelt had just finished a call with recently elected John F. Kennedy, when she received a call from the future…
In this episode, she'll explain why J Edgar Hoover started a file on her suggesting that she was a pervert. She'll also talk about the time she spent in the slums that caused her to pursue a life of service, and she'll discuss the ultimate betrayal of her husband, four term president, franklin D Roosevelt.
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