THE ROOSEVELTS
AN INTIMATE HISTORY
THE STORM
THURSDAY, APRIL 16 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
In the 1920s, memories of Theodore Roosevelt begin to fade. The Great War is over, Woodrow Wilson is ill, and the American public is weary of domestic reform and events overseas. The Republican Party nominates Warren G. Harding for president, while Democratic nominee James M. Cox chooses thirty-eight-year-old Franklin D. Roosevelt to be his running mate. FDR campaigns with relish, and eventually persuades Eleanor to join him as he crisscrosses the country. She grows to enjoy meeting new people and dealing with the press, and also gains a new-found respect for Franklin’s most trusted advisor, Louis Howe. Although Cox and FDR lose the 1920 election to Harding, Franklin’s tireless campaigning gains him national recognition and the attention of prominent Democrats. For Eleanor, the 1920 campaign gives her a taste of what is possible outside the confines of home, and she is determined to find “real work” and to redefine her role with her husband and family.
