“Never before had a first lady taken to the road.” She traveled more than 40,000 miles during FDR's first year as president. Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11, 1884. | American Experience | PBS

On this day in 1884, Eleanor Roosevelt was born. Explore the life of the longest-serving First Lady on America in Color: The 1930s http://bit.ly/2zbMvmA | Smithsonian Channel

This intimate 1908 family portrait shows Eleanor Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt with their first two children, Anna and James. Taken at Hyde Park, New York, the photograph captures the young couple at the very beginning of their family life, long before they would become two of the most influential figures in American history. Eleanor, dressed in a dark gown with a high lace collar, holds their infant son James, who was born in December 1907. Franklin, in a formal dark suit, has their young