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The Roosevelts
Descriptive Audio: A Strong and Active Faith (1944-1962)
Season 1
Episode 21
Frail and failing but determined to see the war through to victory, FDR wins re-election and begins planning for a peaceful postwar world, but a cerebral hemorrhage kills him at 63. After her husband’s death, Eleanor Roosevelt proves herself a shrewd politician and a skilled negotiator in her own right, as well as a champion of civil rights, civil liberties and the United Nations.
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1:55:05
Survey FDR’s leadership during WWII, while Eleanor tends to wounded servicemen.

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Examine FDR’s New Deal and Eleanor’s growing political activism.

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FDR battles with polio and responds to the Great Depression.

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1:56:30
Trace the effects of WWI on the lives of the Roosevelts.

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Theodore’s presidency and FDR and Eleanor’s courtship and marriage.

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1:54:57
Examine the early lives of Theodore Roosevelt and his younger cousin, Franklin.

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1:51:33
Examine Eleanor’s role as civil rights and U.N champion after FDR’s death.

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1:55:05
Survey FDR’s leadership during WWII, while Eleanor tends to wounded servicemen.

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1:56:40
Examine FDR’s New Deal and Eleanor’s growing political activism.

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1:56:40
FDR battles with polio and responds to the Great Depression.

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1:56:30
Trace the effects of WWI on the lives of the Roosevelts.

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1:56:20
Theodore’s presidency and FDR and Eleanor’s courtship and marriage.