1906-1916

Eleanor and Franklin's children are born.

1906: Anna Eleanor
1907: James
1909: Franklin Delano Jr.
dies the same year of influenza.
1910: Elliott
1914: the second FranklinDelano Jr.
1916: John Aspinwall

1918

Eleanor Roosevelt learnsof the affair between her husband and her own per-onal secretary, LucyMercer. Eleanor is thirty-four. Franklin agrees to end the affair. The couple decides against divorce.

1921

The FBI begins its lifelong file on Eleanor Roosevelt