She did things first ladies hadn't done before: she put together her own staff, wrote magazines, and began holding her own press conferences. This last involved a stinging dart into the state of gender relations, since she rarely invited male journalists. This was, of course, a protest against the under-representation of female correspondents at presidential press conferences.At the end of the dramatic and wildly-effective first term, Eleanor launched her own radio program, which, owing to a fondness for literalness, was named Mrs. Roosevelt's Own Program. This twice-weekly dispatch was themed around women's issues and aired by NBC.
Good for her, we say! She was born on this day in 1884.
