CSPAN3 Eleanor Roosevelts Val-Kill Cottage June 17, 2017
The first building, the Stone Cottage was built in 1925 to initially serve as a retreat for Eleanor Roosevelt and her two political mentors, nancy cook and marion dickerman. It was built on the eastern end of the roosevelt property at the time, land that fdr had trychased in 1911 to do fores experiment on. By the early 1920s, she was getting very active in political life. She really needed her own space to bring friends and associates, have a place where she could talk politics and plan political strategy. Fdr realized the big house really didnt serve Eleanor Roosevelt purposes well, because t...