Eleanor Roosevelt interview (1957)

Eleanor Roosevelt discusses Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Republicans, Democrats, the Soviet Union, Westbrook Pegler, her son's relationship with Dominican leader Rafael Trujillo, race, and garlic pills.
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[@powerliftingcentaur]

Impossible interview, yet she handles it with finesse, even grace. I love this woman. She was very special. You sense her aura, you can almost see it.

[@yellowzen1]

Why was it an "impossible" interview? Just curious.

[@BroadwayBabyyy744]

i wish more people would watch this for a multitude of reasons, especially for the fact that this is a lesson in composure and dignity while giving an interview. This lady is still an American Treasure, who only ever wanted to see others do well and be as well off as possible, she held no grudges to speak of, though I'm sure she had her opinions on several people. RIP FARE Lady, Fair and Graceful.

[@mgee6331]

an amazing woman...simply amazing....the United States was blessed to have her

[@Px828]

Her answers are very well thought out and very diplomatically worded.

[@deanerhar]

And racist

[@abdallahsaleh1359]

Xd

[@travelseatsyellowlab]

@@deanerhar Earlier in her life, definitely but she evolved over time and became a passionate advocate of Civil and Women's Rights.

[@x25yz33]

@@deanerhar I Suggest you Do your Research! First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was The COMPLETE OPPOSITE of RACIST!!!

[@janicejackson2016]

Think of what your words mean now in this time and age God help us you can name the intelligent people on one hand

[@fischkopf]

One the greatest women of the 20th century and the interviewer starts with: "What makes great Men like FDR, Churchill, Ghandi, Eisenhower..."? Times change, for some, not soon enough.

[@deanerhar]

At least she was just slightly less of a **** than her husband. FDR is a perfect example of the institutional racism in the Democrat party that still survives to this day. The Dixiecrats never magically disappeared in the late 60's they are now called Wokists and Communists and the new mainstream Left new.wymaninstitute.org/2019/07/facing-up-to-fdrs-racism/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixiecrat

[@renees.2013]

I had the same thought.

[@BlueHooloovoo]

To be fair, it was the 1950s.

[@tigersfan14]

hot damn, she basically called Dwight Eisenhower an intellectual idiot but in the most respectful and dignified way ive ever seen. Legendary

[@bhumphries1360]

Women couldn't quite cut like a knife with their words just yet in those days. I still feel she was one of the greatest women in U.S. history. Very brilliant, compassionate and a champion for the poor and working class. We need more of her today..

[@deanerhar]

Its a shame she and FDR disenfranchised the black communities to gain a political monopoly that devalues the humans they lord over.

[@musicvibe88]

@@deanerhar You don't like Democrats much do you? I suspect you are a big Reagan lover: The moment this country started its downward trend as a democracy and leading to a plutocracy.

[@aarondigby5054]

​@@bhumphries1360there will never be another Eleanor. Everybody I knew spoke fondly of her

[@deanerhar]

@@dice234 calling bribery a policy is a ridiculous way of justifying your ignorance.

[@cheri238]

The greatest Lady and such intelligence. Eleanor Roosevelt will always love in my heart. ❤️

[@a.account8011]

Opportunity brings out the qualities in the man. Opportunity to meet the responsibilities. Ability and conviction. Deep rooted convictions. Idea what he wanted achieve the ends he desires.

[@kevinmc4860]

What a great judge of character she was, she saw Nixon for what he was.

[@kriskabin]

Would love to get her opinion on tRump & Melania.

[@sallyclay1974]

She was wonderful. She didnt stay in her husband's shadow. She had alot of kids, but she wasn't just a wealthy housewife. She used her mind.

[@NathanDav42]

I love that Eleanor Roosevelt was always such a warrior for the Democratic Party. THAT’S why she made the dig that she made about Eisenhower’s relative lack of intellectual curiosity: she was a big backer of Illinois Governor and Democratic nominee in 1952 and 56 Adlai Stevenson, who was attacked by the Republicans as being TOO intellectual. He was notoriously branded an “egg head,” by the GOP. Also, she was DEAD on about Nixon!

[@jimkon5767]

She was not only smart, but a terrific prognosticator. Thanks for the post!!

[@BlueHooloovoo]

What did FDR have that made him great? He had Eleanor.

[@Marie0575]

I enjoyed this interview very very much. Thank you for uploading.

[@tapiokatajisto9566]

The FIRST LADY of the United States of America. What a wonderful woman. No superlatives are exaggerated when discussing Eleanor.

[@TananBaboo]

Dang, nailed it with Nixon. Pointed directly at how he ran his campaigns.

[@rainl7066]

Eleanor should have been our first female president

[@reinarforeman6518]

Why?

[@ukgamergirl6392]

@@reinarforeman6518 Because, why not? She kicked ass!!

[@scottbaxendale323]

She kinda was.

[@RC.-]

Well, she was regarded by the people more than the actual president.

[@nobodyisprfct]

Lol! She is being used to convince the public a biased point of view. It is the Marxist way to manipulate the people. Feminist have ruined so much already.

[@ChristopherCrabtree-d7t]

Harry Truman was an excellent president whom is not recognized or celebrated as he should be. (In my humble opinion)

[@smangymangy]

The Best first lady Ever to speak her mind. ❤

[@hayleyanna2625]

A brilliant woman ❤

[@DGRVP]

God's providence throughout her sufferings ....a blessing to the world .

[@eleonorabeltrani9663]

We need one like her badly today

[@ediepagliai4575]

As a woman, I am ashamed of those we have running today. Maybe they should all make a study of Eleanor Roosevelt.

[@ktcool4660]

She was right about Nixon.

[@BasedRanger]

@T.L Hill Nixon paved the way for a new generation of political crooks. The snowball effect is still in motion

[@deanerhar]

Wrong about african americans however.

[@Lightningkuriboh]

@@deanerhar average conservative moment

[@gavinflorence9416]

She’s just fantastic!

[@joelmaqueira4851]

THANKS FOR SHARING!

[@toastybillionaire4047]

one of the most accomplished women in history and he is asking her about men.

[@travelseatsyellowlab]

Roosevelt really looked vital, engaged, energetic and intellectually curious. It is almost hard to believe in this filming that she had less than five years of life remaining.

[@r.a.contrerasma8578]

She would die of pneumonia from a previously dormant case of polio.

[@travelseatsyellowlab]

@@r.a.contrerasma8578 Yes, the cause of illness was found a week before her death and aggressive measures were still not taken to allow her to live to see her 80s.

[@danimassaro8817]

@@r.a.contrerasma8578 From a dormant case of tuberculosis, not polio.

[@racheledwards2352]

I simply adore this woman

[@Gabriel-hs9mv]

Her answer to this so called Mr. Peckler’s words about her is just fantastic.

[@Michaelneiss]

She was truly prophetic in regard to Nixon.

[@glgdpeter]

Is that a New York accent? Very eccentric!! Trans-atlantic but different from others with that accent.

[@paulschlotthauer3742]

What you're hearing is the accent of upper-class New Yorkers who grew up during the Gilded Age--similar in some ways to received British pronunciation, though of course there are differences. Others of her class and generation spoke pretty much the same way. As a teenager she lived in England at a finishing school, (Allenswood), so that, too, might have influenced her accent, but she probably already had it by the time she went there. Somewhere on KZbin is a brief interview with FDR's mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, and her accent sounds even more British than Eleanor's ("Frahnce" instead of "France," for instance). What fascinates me about this type of accent is that every consonant is perfectly pronounced and no vowel is ever slurred. Most of us would have to make an effort to speak so precisely but Eleanor probably never thought twice about it--that was just how she was used to speaking.

[@timdykes6675]

What a jewel she was, queen of American activism, my only interest is freedom & government, in the hands of the American people. She wouldn’t endorse JFK, he set up a meeting to put her in her place, after the meeting someone asked him what he thought of Mrs. Roosevelt. He said well after 15 minutes I was totally smitten.

[@jamesfeeney3016]

Great lady

[@smangymangy]

Great leaders only appear every century when their convictions decide the fate of the free world. ❤ 🌎💘

[@csadaybyday]

Incredible woman.

[@robertparsons313]

The greatest.

[@sandyshields2164]

Brilliant

[@kellyl7688]

My Dad was born seven days after this interview. lol

[@TheToltec]

This interview kind of gave me a renewed respect for Mike Wallace after i had lost every bit of it...he was very nice and respectful to Mrs. Roosevelt...I can relate to that

[@pastorrobbgoodman5084]

He should have taught his son Chris Wallace to be the same way. Chris is a total liberal leftist!

[@TheToltec]

@@pastorrobbgoodman5084 I dont think Chris Wallace is a leftist

[@kriskabin]

If Mike Wallace would've been "nice & respectful, " he should've stopped his chain-smoking around this hugely important lady! ( She had to clear her throat & cough several times during this interview. 🤨 )

[@TheToltec]

@@kriskabin rich white people don't really smoke anymore

[@novacainei359]

Masterclass in speaking the truth the way you understand it. She is certainly interesting. He smoking and she’s coughing my goodness 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@dnice4335]

MY quarantine time is being occupied by learning about great woman behind the man!! Now some side research!!

[@SuperLchilds]

Mike Wallace was abusive to Eleanor. This is the first time I have ever seen him so condescending in any of his interviews. Never once did he ask her about her achievements

[@SuperLchilds]

How rude to be smoking while interacting with her when she was coughing.

[@kriskabin]

Yes, his chain-smoking around her was atrocious. Several times she had to clear her throat...Then, him asking her about "great men," & not asking about HER great achievements, was patronizing. It was a wasted/ squandered moment for Wallace to interview a legendary woman! He literally & figuratively blew it! But, that's the 1950s for ya. 🙄

[@salvatorecollura2692]

Only Elizabeth II has been equally as queenly in our times.

[@francescos7361]

Grande SUPER donna per la libertà e la supr casa delle libertà delle donne . Un grande abbraccio come alla fine , se uno penso , è la mia anima alla fine è come lei diciamo NOn anziana ma per ragionamenti diversi anticipante.

[@MsReddVelvet4207]

DAMN SHAME THEY FOR ONE ALLOWED HIM TO SMOKE ESPECIALLY IN FRONT OF THE FORMER FIRST LADY💜REST IN PEACE OUR BEAUTIFUL FIRST LADY AS SHE WAS A FORMIDABLE FIRST LADY WHO FOUGHT FOR ALL ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN DURING THAT TIME

[@kionkion1453]

0:00 Brace yourselves, don't scream, Don't laugh, You can cry, Hell I did when I saw this aint that right Negan.

[@JakobSeidl]

She was 73 here but he called her 74.

[@websurfer5772]

"...if we are to believe a good deal of what we read." - interviewer 😂 "I feel quite sure that what the American people lack is knowledge." - Eleanor Roosevelt 😂 "Mr. Khrushchev says he will bury you. I don't subscribe to his point of view. Believe me when I say to you, I hope the Russians love their children too." - Sting "I'm intensely anxious to preserve the freedom that gives you the right to think and to act and to talk as you please. That, I think, is essential to happiness and the life of the people." - Eleanor Roosevelt 👏👏👏👏

[@bokhans]

Imagine that nation later got a nude model and call girl as First Lady with a narcissist and psychopath husband. Not everything was better in the past but some where for sure.

[@kriskabin]

Yeah, light years of difference in the moral character & intellectual capacity between the tRump era & the GREAT Roosevelt era! Mind blowing, & sad. But let's review # of times elected by the people: tRump, ZERO. Roosevelt, 3 TIMES! 👏👏👍

[@TananBaboo]

Too bad she’s not alive today to run for President.

[@deanerhar]

Hilary Clinton was just as racist and corrupt.

[@LetterboxTuxedo]

@@deanerhar how is that different than any other President?

[@deanerhar]

@@LetterboxTuxedo I'd say Lincoln is a big difference. Any Republican president for that matter... These racist Dixiecrats, however, still pervade the American Left though and dominate the media and the DNC, so I can understand your sentiment.

[@jaredlowe3927]

@@deanerhar What? I read somewhere that after the war Lincoln spoke to a group of African American leaders in the White House and basically said it would be better for them to go back to Africa. And what about his successor for the presidency, Andrew Johnson? He let the South off the hook to rejoin the union... and is widely considered to be one of the more blatantly racist presidents we've had. Feel free to respond.

[@Marie0575]

That cigarette smoke started to irritate her.

[@kriskabin]

Eleanor Roosevelt is such a good role model for other first spouces to emulate, but sadly, most have remained quiet & demure doormats to their president husbands. It's the country's loss. It could be a presidential team working in the white house, like it was with FDR & Mrs. Roosevelt. There's a reason why THEY were re-elected 3 times!

[@djnofly]

16:09 She wins

[@alanpattinson6211]

Smoking during an interview shows lack of respect.

[@edglebennett6312]

You're wrong! It was a different era then and it was allowed for guest and host to smoke and even cough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@websurfer5772]

@@edglebennett6312 Yeah but you have to admit with her age and coughing, and him being the smoker, it would have been nice of him to refrain from doing so during this interview.

[@terryglidden9647]

Wow didn’t realize that’s Mike Wallace

[@websurfer5772]

Thank you for telling us. I couldn't remember.

[@MaireadLemonade]

Can someone get the first lady some damn water? sheesh

[@x25yz33]

The cigarette smoking is causing the Throat Irritation. The Interviewer ShoUlf Not be Smoking.

[@zammedRules]

Cigarettes Advertisement on live tv, 3 cigarettes

[@seanpendulum5121]

A shrewd cookie...!

[@manueladarazsdi9675]

He's smoking right in her face ... Very disrespectful.

[@tonymcmahon_historybear]

Imagine Eleanor Roosevelt going head to head with Melania Trump lol

[@websurfer5772]

😂

[@raycurry4168]

And what would there be for them to talk about?? Poor Eleanor would be bored to tears.

[@Sturniolo_3_3_3]

He said what he would talk about right in front of her face😑

[@calebschoonraad6810]

Razor sharp, don't even mention her age!

[@TananBaboo]

12:33 some things never change.

[@keyvanyahya]

She has a very thick mid-arlantic accent.

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Keyvan Yahya It's an accent of the so called American aristocracy, of Hudson Valley, NY, Manhattan, and North Jersey(pronounced Jersey). This accent tied them to the ruling class in Britain, to whom many were intermarried, or shared similar social opportunities, background, and schooling. Winston Churchill's mother was an American; Lady Astor's husband, an Englishman. Even John Quincy Adams' wife was English. One significant break in history came when Nixon arrived from Mars, Ronnie from Planet Hollywood, Bill from the Ozarks, and of course, c.o.d. came Don Trumpeone, straight from Moscow.

[@joonaa2751]

"Eastern Standard", actually. "Mid-Atlantic" and "Transatlantic" are fake names used by modern people, and are not found in any of the speech guides of the time. Neither did they claim to be teaching any "US/UK mixture" as is often claimed today (the accent is about 90% similar to conservative upper-crust English speech)

[@errorsofmodernism7331]

She is born in New York City and yet she speaks with a mid-atlantic accent. This would not be pretentious in the slightest would it?

[@thekingofmoney2000]

She speaks with what is called a Trans-Atlantic accent. It was popular amongst the wealthy classes in America in the first half of the 20th century.

[@elasmotherium12]

Lol he was smoking while interviewing her

[@musicvibe88]

Yes. This was common on television back then.

[@donaldprosper5145]

How come she sounds like she got British accent? just wondering.

[@ajmoore5569]

Donald Prosper , she attended school in england in her mid teens, a very formative time of life.

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Donald Prosper The Eastern aristocracy of her class- yes, America has and had classes- all affected this accent, to set them apart, as the born to rule class.

[@dlmerlin9339]

It's called a Mid-Atlantic accent. Katherine Hepburn, also, spoke this way

[@joonaa2751]

@@dlmerlin9339 That's a fake name used by modern people, one that falsely misleads people into thinking it's meant to be some artificial "US/UK mixture", a claim not found in any of the old speech guides. It was actually known as EASTERN STANDARD or STANDARD AMERICAN. As an explanation on the latter name, "Standard American" and "General American" actually referred to two separate accents in early 20th century context (the latter of course being the modern prestige accent).

[@dlmerlin9339]

@@joonaa2751 Thanks, Joona!

[@lamo_kyt484]

dang this is old

[@fahrgast237]

Six years and one day before the JFK assassination.

[@gratefuldoge8598]

This remains true as ever to this day.

[@deanerhar]

So does this: new.wymaninstitute.org/2019/07/facing-up-to-fdrs-racism/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixiecrat Dixiecrats are now rebranded as the Wokist Mainstream Left. Identitarian Authoritarianism. Mob Rule and Segregation. AKA 21st Century Democrat

[@travelseatsyellowlab]

@@deanerhar Dixiecrats have become the extreme rightists, and evangelicals.

[@pval6838]

Our. 688.

[@DallasTexas8888]

Is she wearing a wig with a cap? Is that the line across her forehead we see ?

[@cato451]

I disagree with her politics and her ignorant dismissal of capitalism is embarrassing but her class, intellect, and presence can’t be denied.

[@jamy8575]

Churchill was a drunk & thumbs down, solely for Wallace

[@juleslaabs9808]

With the challenges he had trying to fight Germany, I don't blame him for using alcohol ( I understand he liked bubbly). Also, people drank more then and culturally at the time, a drink was often offered as normal social protocol/hospitality. ( However Im not defending a drinking problem).

[@sandyshields2164]

He was a very high functioning drunk. Read your history. Thanks to him and other great leaders, we are still free.

[@SoNowIKnow]

Mike Wallace trying to be all Edward Murrow with his cigarette; CIA sell-out

[@richardcorke3137]

Anti-Constitution?

[@nadiazahroon6573]

Loved Mike Wallace but I can't stand his son.

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Nadia Zahroon The haughty accent is nothing like his father's down to earth quality.

[@badgeramaya1841]

Wig is out of place

[@TheAnimeist]

Why did she continually mispronounce statism as leadership?

[@edglebennett6312]

Why does it matter?

[@TheAnimeist]

@@edglebennett6312 Because she is looking for "leaders" to control all of government from a central location. That's not legal per Amendment X. She is a prominent person pushing a non-American ideal. For me that matters.

[@hazelwray4184]

@@TheAnimeist She's a humanist.

[@jjeverson2269]

She sounds like the current queen of england

[@BlueHooloovoo]

She speaks with what is called a Trans-Atlantic accent. It was popular amongst the wealthy classes in America in the first half of the 20th century.

[@websurfer5772]

@@BlueHooloovoo Thanks for letting us know about this. It's very interesting to me.

[@kingforaday8725]

Bottom line. She was a typical holier than thou demoRAT!

[@briandelaney9710]

She certainly didn’t go for the lowest common denominators like right wingers always do

[@brightoneasterling9304]

if nixon was a woman

[@mrengulfeddirector]

Is she wearing a wig?

[@katchin1514]

Hairnet. It was popular back then, mainly because washing your hair daily was not so common at all. It was simply used to keep it tity. My grandma wore one often in that era and into the 1970's. She had the same style too.

[@MarieRoque3985]

What the hell is on her head?!

[@BasedRanger]

I was wondering the same. Almost looks like the elastic of a hairnet. A scar? An early lace front wig? 🤔

[@johnh23z]

Its a beaver pelt.

[@juleslaabs9808]

Hairnet, my Grandmother also used one to keep curls tidy.

[@oliverkalamata2753]

Mmmm, what a GILF

[@quicksilverchaos4122]

how do you feel about this statement now?

[@oliverkalamata2753]

@@quicksilverchaos4122 Mmmm, what a GILF

[@homewall744]

Freedom implies capitalism (free markets, free trade). Socialism is by definition of a restriction on the liberty of some to give benefits to others that tricks them into subjugation (dependency on the state).

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Home Wall Tricked into subjugation to the state, or undemocratic bosses or unaccountable corporate and religious interests is the very definition of tyranny George Mason warned against, who said: "Where law ends, tyranny begins." Liberty, the irreducible point of our society, is a gift from God, has been fought for for centuries, and us only operable in a people who believe in, practice, and teach their children to practice, virtue.

[@jeffgumer3784]

Well said.

[@jaredlowe3927]

I guess pure freedom then implies anarchy, where we transcend all bureaucracy of the regulatory state, where we are not constrained to find an equilibrium such to most benefit all in a society, and where we are not commoditized for our data :P

[@briandelaney9710]

Socialism is about extending democratic freedom to more people not just the richest in society

[@larryhovekamp4318]

Where did you get this crap? If workers can't control their lives and the means of production, capitalists are far far more worse. And this stuff about "dependency of the state", as with socialism? If in a democracy, the people are the state, then they can only be dependent on themselves.

[@livingintongues]

Is this Hillarys Mother?

[@ogendowatsang8022]

😐 😐 😐😐😐😐😐😐😐📝

[@ogendowatsang8022]

U

[@BasedRanger]

Found the dunce section. A bit shabby. Ah, well. Carry on children.

[@r.a.contrerasma8578]

Only a First Lady who served 12 years. 1933-1945

[@jaredlowe3927]

Not funny, tbh...

[@HippieChanelDk]

omg she had a pair of very evil eyes.....

[@Lightningkuriboh]

She has the eyes of a sweet old lady… what’s wrong with you

[@kriskabin]

​@@Lightningkuriboh There's a lot of trolls & maga morons lurking here; living with their mothers & being unemployed, they have the time.

[@spikeyapplesseashells9233]

Omg is she a man

[@Dana_inc]

Men can’t give birth to children!

[@42663]

Cow

[@allend2749]

let's just concentrate on the poor people of the entire world and the nearly poor people of the entire world and see which economic system would help them the most. Let us not be interested in the people who have commented below. They have life made. We should not have to worry about them. Government should not be intended to take care of them. They have the good and pretty good job therefore they have the good and the pretty good lives. No sir, government and the economic system should take care of those less fortunate. Maybe they aren't as smart as you nor as industrious but I will bet you they would like to have the same comforts for themselves and their children as you do. BOTTOM LINE: Think of others and remember: IT"S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT YOU!

[@joey525]

Lesbo Eleanor was class