Eleanor Roosevelt Seagraves
"Sistie" Dall in 1943
Born	Anna Eleanor Dall (1927-03-25) March 25, 1927 (age 96) New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	State University of New York
Occupations	Educator librarian
Spouse	Van H. Seagraves ​ (m. 1948)​
Children	3
Parents	Curtis Bean Dall Anna Roosevelt
Relatives	See Roosevelt family

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Seagraves (née Dall; born March 25, 1927) is an American librarian, educator, historian, and editor. She is a granddaughter of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Her parents are Anna Roosevelt Dall and her first husband Curtis Bean Dall.^[1] She is usually known as "Sistie", "Ellie" or "Eleanor".^[2]

Early life

Sistie, as she was affectionately called in the press during her grandparents' tenure in the White House, was named for her mother and for her maternal grandmother, Eleanor Roosevelt. When her parents separated in 1933 (they divorced in 1934), she, along with her mother and brother Curtis, moved into the White House with her grandparents. Her mother would later remarry two more times and a younger half-brother, John Roosevelt Boettiger would join the family in 1939.^[2]

Career

Seagraves completed three years of college at Reed College before her marriage and later earned a master's degree in Library Science from the State University of New York at Geneseo in 1964.^[3][4][5]

Seagraves is one of the few living Roosevelt family members who witnessed events firsthand during the White House years. Seagraves also is one of the few surviving people who witnessed her grandmother Eleanor Roosevelt's diplomacy. Each year, when Seagraves' grandmother held a picnic at Val-Kill for delinquent boys, she assisted Mrs. Roosevelt with these events. She was close to Eleanor Roosevelt throughout her life.^{[citation needed]}

Seagraves has enjoyed a career as an educator and librarian. She edited Delano's Voyages of Commerce and Discovery (Berkshire House Publishers, 1994), drawn from the journals of Amasa Delano, as well as The Val-Kill Cook Book (The Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill, 1984). Seagraves concentrated her career on keeping alive many of the causes her grandmother began and supported. She is an active participant in Democratic Party events in her area, and endorsed Barack Obama for the 2008 Presidential campaign. At 96, Seagraves resides with her husband in Maryland.^{[citation needed]}

Marriage and children

On July 7, 1948, she married Van H. Seagraves.^[1] Together, they had three children:

• Nicholas Delano Seagraves (born August 7, 1949)
• David Delano Seagraves (born August 26, 1952)
• Anna Fierst (née Anna Eleanor Seagraves) (born August 16, 1955)