GOOD NEWS DAY

[cornhobble]

Apparently, Eleanor Roosevelt was totally gay.

Here's a quote from a letter she wrote to longtime ~friend~, journalist Lorena Hickok. March 7, 1933:

Hick darling,
All day I've thought of you & another birthday I will be with you, & yet tonite you sounded so far away & formal. Oh! I want to put my arms around you. I ache to hold you close. Your ring is a great comfort to me. I look at it and think she does love me, or I wouldn't be wearing it.

OMG. She also, according to wikipedia, wore a blue sapphire ring during her husband's inauguration. Another quote:

I wish I could lie down beside you tonight & take you in my arms.

I already knew Eleanor Roosevelt was awesome, but I didn't realize she was THIS awesome. :D Day. Made.

Comments

[kimberlyfdr.livejournal.com]

Oh, you should have just asked me. I could have told you all about Eleanor and Lorena. It's an open secret :)

[rellan.livejournal.com]

Yep, Eleanor played for the girls team. I think that's part of the reason she didn't mind hubby's mistress.