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Roosevelt House Announces Online Exhibit of See How They Ran! FDR and His Opponents: Campaign Treasures from the New-York Historical Society.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM: Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College CONTACT: Roosevelt House Digital Media and Programs, 212-396-7947 / roosevelthouse@hunter.cuny.edu                 …  

See How They Ran! FDR and His Opponents: Campaign Treasures from the New-York Historical Society

Posted on September 16th, 2016 · Posted in Exhibitions, Public Programs, Roosevelt House History
Political media and persuasion tools have deep American roots in races for the White House dating back to the earliest presidential campaigns. What may seem like primitive efforts now–posters, souvenirs, buttons, banners, cartoons, slogans, and son... Read more

Roosevelt House Announces Digital Exhibit “Women Take the Lead”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM: HUNTER COLLEGE CONTACT: Roosevelt House Digital Media and Programs, 212-396-7947 / roosevelthouse@hunter.cuny.edu                        Roosevelt House Announces…  

Roosevelt House Summer 2016 Exhibit Showcases FDR Memorabilia

Posted on July 21st, 2016 · Posted in Exhibitions, Roosevelt House History

Roosevelt House is pleased to announce that Gary Schulze has generously lent us holdings from collection of FDR memorabilia which will be on display through the summer of 2016. The exhibition is on…  

Commemorating the death of President Roosevelt and his role in finding a cure for polio

Posted on April 12th, 2016 · Posted in Roosevelt House General News, Roosevelt House History

President Roosevelt suffered a cerebral hemorrhage early in the afternoon of April 12, 1945. He was in his cottage at Warm Springs, Georgia, posing for what would be an unfinished…  

Roosevelt House to Extend Exhibition of Treasures from the Women’s Suffrage Movement

Posted on March 23rd, 2016 · Posted in Exhibitions, Roosevelt House History

(NEW YORK, MARCH 23, 2015)—The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College announced today that it will extend through May 27 its current exhibit of treasures and relics from…  

NY1 Interviews Harold Holzer on Women Take the Lead

Posted on January 14th, 2016 · Posted in Exhibitions, Roosevelt House History

Roosevelt House Director Harold Holzer spoke with NY1’s Cheryl Wills about the exhibition “Women Take the Lead: Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Eleanor Roosevelt, From Suffrage to Human Rights,” on view…  

New York Times: Revisiting the Fervor of the Women’s Suffrage Movement

Posted on January 6th, 2016 · Posted in Roosevelt House History

The New York Times’s Josh Barone has written about our upcoming exhibition of materials from the Dobkin Family Collection of Feminist History: The placards read like Twitter posts from the…  

First Roosevelt House Special Exhibit to Showcase Rare, Original Relics from the Women’s Suffrage Movement

Note: Exhibition has been extended to May 27th!  Click here for more. Women Take the Lead: From Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Eleanor Roosevelt, Suffrage to Human Rights, on view, free to…  

Eleanor Roosevelt Writes About the Meaning of Memorial Day (1945)

Posted on May 26th, 2015 · Posted in Roosevelt House History

Memorial Day originated as “Decoration Day” after the Civil War as visitors brought flowers to the graves of soldiers killed during that great conflict. Eventually the commemoration was set on…