Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor, 1906-1975

Anna Roosevelt (1906-1975) was the eldest child and only daughter of Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt. After her 1924 graduation from Miss Chapin''s school, she attended a short course at Cornell University in the forestry school. On June 5, 1926, she married Curtis Bean Dall. They had two children, Anna Eleanor Dall, known as Sistie (b. 1927), and Curtis Roosevelt Dall, known as Buzzie (b.1930). Between 1932 and 1934, Anna was associate editor of a magazine called Babies Just Babies, hosted a radio program sponsored by the Best and Company Department Store, contributed articles to Liberty magazine and wrote two children''s books, Scamper and Scamper’s Christmas. The Dalls divorced on July 30, 1934.

Anna married Clarence John Boettiger on January 18, 1935. Their son, John Roosevelt Boettiger, was born March 30, 1939. From December 1936 to September 1943, Anna was an associate editor and columnist of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Her husband was the editor of this Hearst publication. In 1943, she went to the White House to serve as an unofficial secretary to her father, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Her responsibilities included answering mail, assisting with social functions, arranging appointments, and writing presidential speeches. In addition, Anna mapped out the President''s itineraries during the 1944 campaign and accompanied him to the Yalta Conference in February 1945.

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