if u don't know the answer then don't answer
there hav been some talk that she was a lesbian. and just becuz ur married to the opposite sex does not mean youre not gay.
2006-12-12 12:25:51 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
please don't ask me why i care. i just do
2006-12-12 12:30:43 · update #1
i don't care if eleanor roosevelt is dead
2006-12-12 12:37:45 · update #2
At this point in time, there is simply no way to know.
Yes, she was married to FDR, and her duties as his wife kept her quite busy. After he was elected president and assumed office in 1933, she toured the country as his personal ambassador, to report to him how things really were in America during the Great Depression.
In recent years, there has been speculation concerning Eleanor Roosevelt having a sexual relationship with one of her lady friends, and letters between them were examined with that thought in mind. It seemed the two women had an intense emotional connection, but it is impossible to know if they had a sexual relationship as well. As high profile as she was as the First Lady, and as closely guarded as she was by her mother-in-law before that, I would seriously doubt that even if there had been desire, that there would be opportunity.
So, seriously, the answer is, "Maybe." We just don't know.
2006-12-12 12:55:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
There have been some theories that Eleanor was a lesbian. There is nothing in the historical record that supports that she ever had intimate relations with another woman. Mostly the theories revolve around the "she was so smart and capable" or "she acted like a man" schools of thought. Another important thing to remember, and this comes up with the "Lincoln was gay" crowd, is that people living in different times express themselves differently. So for someone to talk about the "deep and tender love" that they have for a friend, for example, was normal for them, and doesn't imply sexuality. If a diary or other record comes up that says she had lesbian sex, well, then she was, but unil that time, I'm sticking with the known evidence.
Frankly, I really don't think it's relevant to her accomplishments.
2006-12-12 12:44:37 · answer #2 · answered by KM 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is true that you can be gay and be married to the opposite sex. But personally I never heard anyone say Eleanor was gay.
However she was married to her cousin Franklin, they did have a son. But she really had very little time for sex be it that she was one of the busiest people on earth. She had to be with her husband all the time to tend to him for he was ill. She had her meddling tyranical mother in law and cousin Sarah Roosevelt, that watched her like a hawk. Then she was always in some group promoting good will everywhere. So I really doubt that she had a sex life at all.If anything she probably was A sexual.
2006-12-12 12:33:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
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2016-05-23 16:20:22 · answer #4 · answered by Jo-ann 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you serious??
I think you have answered your own question dingbat.
How can anybody who knows answer the question unless they actually know her and had a relationship with her.
I agree, being married to the opposite sex doesn't mean your not gay - so what and who cares anyway.
Leave the poor women in peace.
2006-12-12 12:33:38 · answer #5 · answered by margo 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No Eleanor Roosevelt was not a Lesbian.she loved Teddy and was not a Lesbian
2006-12-12 12:34:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 5⤋
Eleanor was married to Franklin - not Teddy. She had 6 children, one died.
2014-09-19 04:58:24 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
id say no. there are alot of speculations but she probly wouldn't have gotten to where she was is she was a lesbian
2006-12-12 12:34:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sir, no one "knows" in this day and age. It's all stories. And really, what difference could it possibly make? She still accomplished what she did, either way. She's gone, let her spirit rest, please.
2006-12-12 12:30:07 · answer #9 · answered by Joe Schmo from Kokomo 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋