![]() Indeed, when a questioner wrote in 1944 asking what the president said to her when he proposed, Roosevelt firmly drew the curtains over that intimate subject by replying, "There are some things in life which one should be allowed to keep to oneself."īut one of the things Roosevelt did have going for herself as a counselor and dispenser of practical wisdom was the fact that she was so real. ![]() Roosevelt wasn't especially witty or psychologically acute in the role unlike many of today's inspirational "life coaches," Roosevelt didn't invite her readers to accompany her on extended journeys of introspection. ![]() "Advice columnist" is not a role that is usually listed under Eleanor Roosevelt's long list of achievements, but for over 20 years she wrote a popular write-in column, first for Ladies Home Journal and then McCall's magazine. Eleanor Roosevelt's advice column - "If You Ask Me" - ran from 1941, when she was still first lady, to her death in 1962.
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