(gentle music) - FDR surrounded himself with very strong, very intelligent women.
Eleanor of course, being the primary.
She was extraordinarily gifted in terms of her intelligence of her ability to see forward.
He relied upon her for that.
He was a man who was not afraid of surrounding himself with brilliant women, strong women who had opinions.
And he valued what they had to say.
FDR's relationship with Eleanor was a complex one.
They've been together for a number of years by the time that we come to our story.
She was in many ways his eyes and ears in the world.
She would go out and make appearances and meet people and see situations and see conditions.
And she would bring back that information to him.
She was his most trusted confidant.
- I am telling you this for your own good.
Don't open this door Franklin.
You don't know what's waiting on the other side.
- Eleanor was always the one who was pushing him.
She was his moral compass in many ways.
- Just make sure they're doing it for the right reason.
- I think at the heart of it was a deep respect, a profound appreciation for the other person beyond all the bickering that came with it.
- I have heard Franklin's jokes a couple of times before.
(man chuckles) - Poor Eleanor, brilliant mind capable of anything except relaxing.
(woman chuckles) - He recognized in her that she was an ultimate partner and understood him and they were accepting of each other as people which I think is a beautiful trait.
Something that we could all take a lesson from.
