Sara Roosevelt

Sara Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt on the cover of Time, March 1933
Born	Sara Ann Delano (1854-09-21)September 21, 1854 Newburgh, New York, U.S.
Died	September 7, 1941(1941-09-07) (aged 86) Hyde Park, New York, U.S.
Spouse	James Roosevelt I ​ ​ (m. 1880; died 1900)​
Children	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Parent(s)	Warren Delano Jr. Catherine Robbins Lyman
Relatives	Delano family Roosevelt family

Sara Ann Roosevelt (née Delano; September 21, 1854 – September 7, 1941) was the second wife of James Roosevelt I (from 1880), the mother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States and her only child, and subsequently the mother-in-law of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Delano was born and raised in Newburgh, New York, and spent three years in Hong Kong. She gave birth to Franklin in 1882, and was a devoted mother to him for the remainder of her life, including home-schooling and living close by in adulthood. She had a complex relationship with her daughter-in-law Eleanor, which has led to media portrayals of her as a domineering and fearsome mother-in-law, though these are at odds with other views. She died in 1941, with her son, then the President, at her side.