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Sara Roosevelt was the mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States. She was a devoted and influential mother, who taught her son, opposed his marriage to Eleanor, and lived to see him elected three times.
Sara Delano Roosevelt was the mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States. She was a wealthy and influential woman who devoted herself to her son's welfare and education, but also clashed with his wife Eleanor.
Sep 7, 2011 · Learn about Sara Delano Roosevelt, the second mother to see her son elected president, and her role as a loving grandmother, a civil rights advocate, and a philanthropist. Explore her legacy at Roosevelt House, a public policy institute at Hunter College.
Oct 2, 2014 · Learn how Sara Delano Roosevelt supported her son's political career and became a prominent figure in her own right. This article explores her biography, speeches, and role in FDR's administration and legacy.
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.
Born Sara Delano in September 21, 1854; died at her home in Hyde Park, New York, following an acute circulatory collapse, on September 7, 1941; seventh of eleven children of Catherine Lyman Delano (daughter of a prominent Massachusetts family of jurists and financiers) and Warren Delano (business associate of James Roosevelt); married James ...
Sara Ann Roosevelt ( née Delano; September 21, 1854 – September 7, 1941) was the second wife of James Roosevelt I (from 1880), the mother of President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt, her only child, and subsequently the mother-in-law of Eleanor Roosevelt.
