Thelma and Lowell's Diary: August 20, 1943

A ho-hum day for Thelma; First Lady reaches Christmas Island

Thelma spent this Friday morning ironing, then she and her best friend Vangy walked over to Audubon Park in the afternoon. That night after supper she and Lowell played cards.

For Eleanor Roosevelt, the day was anything but ho-hum as she was visiting troops on Christmas Island, a tiny atoll in the Pacific. Her travels are the subject of the new book The First Lady of World War II, written by Shannon McKenna Schmidt. Read on by upgrading your subscription to paid.