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She is spending money like a drunken sailor.

She is spending moneylike a drunken sailor." "Why are wegiving people refrigerators?"...

First Ladies • S01E04 • 2020

She is spending money
like a drunken sailor." [Allida Black] "Why are we
giving people refrigerators?" [Blanche Weisen Cook]
"How are we going to tell the rich from the poor?" And when FDR repeats that
to Eleanor Roosevelt, she says, “Well, in matters of such simple dignity
and decency, like indoor plumbing, we should not have to tell
the rich from the poor.”

Full Transcript

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She is spending money like a drunken sailor."

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[Allida Black] "Why are we giving people refrigerators?"

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[Blanche Weisen Cook] "How are we going

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to tell the rich from the poor?"

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And when FDR repeats that to Eleanor Roosevelt,

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she says, “Well, in matters

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of such simple dignity and decency,

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like indoor plumbing,

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we should not have to tell the rich from the poor.”

Duration

31 seconds

Views

22

Timestamp in Movie

00:17:35

Uploaded

May 28, 2025

Season

1

Episode

4

Genres

documentary, biography

Production

BVG Films

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Movie Summary

The personal and political lives of First Ladies from throughout history.