Word: eleanor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...OSWALD BATES LORD, 48, campaign-time co-chairman of the national Citizens for Eisenhower-Nixon organization, to be U.S. representative on the U.N. Human Rights Commission, succeeding Eleanor Roosevelt, resigned. A flour heiress (Pillsbury Mills) with brains (Phi Beta Kappa at Smith College), efficient Mary Lord is the wife of a prosperous Manhattan textile manufacturer, mother of two sons, and a likely contender for the title of New York City's No. 1 committeewoman. Among her top posts: wartime chairman of Civilian Advisory Committee for the Women's Army Corps, president of the National Health Council, chairman...
...presidential hair while he ate breakfast, once ordered a toupee painted on the Red Room portrait of bald John Adams, and often almost paralyzed guests with his wordlessness. The Herbert Hoovers spent a great deal of money on entertainment, but their era was one of work and worry. Eleanor Roosevelt had little interest in purely social affairs. Mrs. Truman has done far more quiet entertaining than is realized; the Washington ladies rate her performance highly...
...House were approved by the Fine Arts Commission. Presidential families, by general agreement, abide by its decision. But if a President's wife insists on rearranging the furniture, she may do so despite any protests by the commission, Congress or the public. * Two of Mamie's sisters, Eleanor and Eda May, died while in their teens; the third, Mrs. Frances ("Mike") Moore, is the wife of an air transport executive in Washington...
...domestic troubles, Manhattan's bantam Showman Billy Rose, 52, confided to a London reporter that he would like to adopt two homeless European children. He explained: "When I married Miss Fanny Brice, she was one of America's great comediennes and very busy. When I married Miss Eleanor Holm, I was very busy." Why did he want children now? Was he lonely? Not exactly, said Rose. "At my age, most people are lucky if they have enough friends to go round one card table. Me, I've got enough to go round...
...Gallup poll reported that for the fourth consecutive time, Eleanor Roosevelt was "the most admired woman" in the world. Next in order: Queen Elizabeth II, Mamie Eisenhower, Clare Boothe Luce, Helen Keller...