Actress Tallulah Bankhead, theater producer Milton Shubert and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in 1942 at a banquet to establish the Stage Door Canteen at the National Theatre in Washington. The story also goes that Eleanor Roosevelt visited Hollywood and, for whatever reason, was going to visit Ms. Bankhead. Ms. Roosevelt is escorted into Ms. Bankhead’s dressing room only to find it empty. She then hears, “I’m in here.” Ms. Roosevelt follows the voice only to open the door and find Tallulah Bankead sitting on the toilet. Said Ms. Bankhead, “How do you do? So very glad that you could come visit.”

Actress Tallulah Bankhead, theater producer Milton Shubert and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in 1942 at a banquet to establish the Stage Door Canteen at the National Theatre in Washington.

The story also goes that Eleanor Roosevelt visited Hollywood and, for whatever reason, was going to visit Ms. Bankhead. Ms. Roosevelt is escorted into Ms. Bankhead’s dressing room only to find it empty. She then hears, “I’m in here.” Ms. Roosevelt follows the voice only to open the door and find Tallulah Bankead sitting on the toilet. Said Ms. Bankhead, “How do you do? So very glad that you could come visit.”

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November 9, 2012 - 7:03pm
Eleanor Roosevelt with Female Machinist during Goodwill Tour by Toni Frissell

Eleanor Roosevelt with Female Machinist during Goodwill Tour

  • by Toni Frissell
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April 23, 2012 - 5:29pm

[London]

Dearest Hick, I wish too you could live in the country if you really want to do that but I think you would soon e very weary of doing no work outside a narrow circle.

Today has seen a quiet day in which my only official engagement was a lunch with the Cabinet wives & they are as dull as ours!

Cambridge [University] yesterday was interesting & my first introduction into industrial billeting. The beautiful Colleges seem on the whole to be little hurt.

Our most vivid impression I think is what a blackout of an entire city really means.

You get a curious feeling over here that nothing but people count.

A world of love,

E.R.

(Source: gwu.edu)

April 16 2012 - 6:53pm
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ER meets Princess Juliana of Denmark, 1942

ER meets Princess Juliana of Denmark, 1942

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February 8, 2012 - 7:55pm
E.R. having tea with the commanding officer of the Women’s Royal Naval Service

E.R. having tea with the commanding officer of the Women’s Royal Naval Service

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December 27, 2011 - 12:36pm
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