Eleanor Roosevelt and the 1960 Democratic primary
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Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt in 1960.
Photo courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration
In 1960, Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey and Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy were locked in a battle to win the Democratic nomination for that year's presidential race.
As historian Allida Black explains in a recent speech at the Minnesota History Center, the outcome of that primary was shaped by Eleanor Roosevelt's political muscle.
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