Children Turn to the President and the First Lady for Help

• In 1935, a ten-year-old Ohio girl wrote to President Franklin D. Roosevelt to ask for his assistance.
• A fifteen year old girl wrote to Mrs. Roosevelt for help.
• A fourteen year old girl wrote for money to buy clothes.
• A eighteen year old girl asks Mrs. Roosevelt for clothing stored in the White House attic.
• A twelve year old girl asks the President and Mrs. Roosevelt for $8.00 for a winter coat.
• A thirteen year old girl asks for a dress and a pair of shoes.
• A sixteen year old girl asks for clothes for her family.
• An eleven year old girl asks for cloth.
• A seventeen year old asks for a winter coat.
• Another seventeen year old asks for one of Mrs. Roosevelt's dresses
• A child in Kansas asks for help to send his brother to the hospital
• A child in Georgia asks for a loan of $100
• A nine year old boy asks for help for her family
• A seventeen year old boy asks for a loan of $35.00
• A thirteen year old girl asks for a coat to wear to school.
• Another thirteen year old girl asks for used dresses.
• A thirteen year old girl sent a Sears and Roebuck order for clothes to Mrs. Roosevelt
• A seventeen girl in Chicago asks for clothes
• A young girl asks for money for college
• Another young girl asks for a loan to attend collge

This site was updated on 07-Nov-09.