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The Fire of Life (1910-1919)

Season 1 Episode 3 | 1hr 56m 30s

Theodore Roosevelt leads a Progressive crusade that splits his own party, campaigns for American entry into World War I 鈥� and pays a terrible personal price. Franklin masters wartime Washington as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, while Eleanor finds personal salvation in war work. Her discovery of Franklin鈥檚 romance with another woman transforms their marriage into a largely political partnership.

Aired: 09/16/14
Funding is provided by Bank of America; CPB; Mr. Jack C. Taylor; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; The NEH; Rosalind P. Walter; Members of The Better Angels Society, including Jessica & John Fullerton; The Pfeil Foundation: David, Mindy, Robert & Daniel Pfeil; Joan Wellhouse Newton; Bonnie & Tom McCloskey; and The Golklin Family.
Extras
Theodore鈥檚 presidency and FDR and Eleanor鈥檚 courtship and marriage.
Examine the early lives of Theodore Roosevelt and his younger cousin, Franklin.
FDR battles with polio and responds to the Great Depression.
Trace the effects of WWI on the lives of the Roosevelts.
Survey FDR鈥檚 leadership during WWII, while Eleanor tends to wounded servicemen.
Examine FDR鈥檚 New Deal and Eleanor鈥檚 growing political activism.
Examine Eleanor鈥檚 role as civil rights and U.N champion after FDR鈥檚 death.
The film weaves the stories of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
FDR's New Deal brought great relief to the American People.
Theodore, Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt all overcame adversity to achieve greatness.