Theodore Roosevelt was born into a wealthy family in 1858 in New York, New York. In 1884, his fortunes changed when his wife, Alice Lee Roosevelt, and mother died on the same day. For two years, ...

Born into one of New York’s most prominent families on January 30, 1882, Franklin D. Roosevelt survived a harrowing delivery. After his mother, Sara, received a chloroform overdose during an ...

Jonathon L. Earle is the Marlene and David Grissom Professor of Social Studies at Centre College and editor for Oxford and Cambridge University Presses. He is the author and editor of three books on ...