Anna Roosevelt Halsted | |
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Born | Anna Eleanor Roosevelt May 3, 1906 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | December 1, 1975 New York City, New York, U.S. | (aged 69)
Resting place | St. James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, New York, U.S. |
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Spouses | James Addison Halsted
(m. 1952) |
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Relatives | See Roosevelt family |
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Halsted (May 3, 1906 – December 1, 1975) was an American writer who worked as a newspaper editor and in public relations. Halsted also wrote two children's books published in the 1930s. She was the eldest child and only daughter of the U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt and assisted him as his advisor during World War II.[1]
Halsted worked with her second husband Clarence John Boettiger at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, serving as editor of the women's pages for several years. She later worked in public relations for universities. In 1963, John F. Kennedy appointed her to the Citizen's Advisory Council on the Status of Women. She also served for several years as vice-chairman of the President's Commission for the Observance of Human Rights.[1]
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