91Èȱ¬Íø

© 2025 91Èȱ¬Íø
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Descriptive Audio: The Rising Road (1933-1939)

Season 1 Episode 19 | 1hr 56m 40s

FDR brings the same optimism and energy to the White House that his cousin Theodore displayed. Aimed at ending the Depression, his sweeping New Deal restores the people’s self-confidence and transforms the relationship between them and their government. Eleanor rejects the traditional role of first lady, becomes her husband’s liberal conscience and a sometimes controversial political force.

Aired: 09/17/14
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’s presidency and FDR and Eleanor’s 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’s leadership during WWII, while Eleanor tends to wounded servicemen.
Examine Eleanor’s role as civil rights and U.N champion after FDR’s 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.
FDR's New York 1944 Campaign took him to Ebbets Field in the rain.