As the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the governor of New York from 1928 to 1932, and later as America's First Lady, from 1933 to 1945 (during her husband's tenure as President of the United States), she employed her fame and influence in ways that resulted in greater financial support for home economics programs and increased publicity for the College.
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Eleanor Roosevelt played an integral role in the development of the College of Home Economics from the 1920s to the 1940s.
He left both posts in 1968 to accept an appointment as dean of the New York State College of Home Economics.
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