Collection Roosevelt White House 1933-1945
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to office at the height of the Great Depression. He ushered in an environment...
Eleanor Roosevelt with Female Journalists
- Photographer
- Harris & Ewing
- Date of Work
- 1933
- Credit
- Library of Congress
Eleanor Roosevelt with Female Journalists
Eleanor Roosevelt with female reporters in the Treaty Room, 1933, after a press conference for female journalists.
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