Sara Delano Roosevelt | |
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 Roosevelt on the cover of Time, March 1933 | |
| Born | Sara Ann Delano September 21, 1854 Newburgh, New York, U.S. |
| Died | September 7, 1941 (aged 86) Hyde Park, New York, U.S. |
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| Children | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Parent(s) | Warren Delano Jr. Catherine Robbins Lyman |
| Relatives | Delano family Roosevelt family |
Sara Ann Roosevelt (née Delano; September 21, 1854 – September 7, 1941) was the second wife of James Roosevelt I (from 1880), the mother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States and her only child, and subsequently the mother-in-law of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Delano was born and raised in Newburgh, New York, and spent three years in Hong Kong. She gave birth to Franklin in 1882, and was a devoted mother to him for the remainder of her life, including home-schooling and living close by in adulthood. She had a complex relationship with her daughter-in-law Eleanor, which has led to media portrayals of her as a domineering and fearsome mother-in-law, though these are at odds with other views. She died in 1941, with her son, then the President, at her side.