Eleanor Roosevelt: Humanitarian
Single Session Class | Registration closed 3/19/2026
Eleanor Roosevelt, the most famous first lady of the 20th century, came from an extremely dysfunctional childhood, suffered emotionally from an unfaithful husband, and for years lived under the domination of her mother-in-law. This presentation, “Eleanor Roosevelt: Humanitarian & Civil Rights Pioneer,” will reveal the evolving growth of this extraordinary woman, who became the voice for those who had none—for women, for Black Americans, for children, for Asians, for immigrants and for the poor. Many of the issues she confronted are still with us today.
Al Vinck
Al Vinck organized Youth Against Racism at Val-kill for Dutchess County students. He was the history chairperson for the Hyde Park school district and an adjunct professor at Marist College.
Linda Bouchey
Linda Bouchey is a retired Hyde Park social studies teacher. She has been a docent at the FDR Presidential Library and volunteered in their archives.
Linda and Al co-authored “The Roosevelt Genealogy” for FDR’s family sold in the FDR Library Museum shop. Both have been docents for Wilderstein Preservation and Top Cottage. They served on the boards of Roosevelt/Vanderbilt and Wilderstein Preservation and co-chaired the Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt permanent exhibition for the Hyde Park school district.
Maribeth King
A registered nurse for forty-six years, Maribeth King graduated from the University of Michigan (BSN) and Boston University (MS - nursing). She holds licenses in New York State as a registered nurse and clinical nurse specialist and is certified as a clinical nurse specialist in oncology (AOCNS). Maribeth has practiced at the University Hospital (Ann Arbor), Beth Israel Hospital, Shriner's Burns Institute (Boston), Henry Ford Hospital and Sinai Hospital (Detroit). For the past thirty-two years she has been a nursing administrator at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. She is also a published author on a variety of topics.