Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Seagraves, librarian, educator, historian, editor is a granddaughter of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Background
Sistie, as she was affectionately called in the press during her grandparents" tenure in the White House, was named for her mother and 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.
Career
She is usually known as "Sistie", "Ellie" or "Eleanor". Her mother would later remarry two more times and a younger half-brother, John Roosevelt Boettiger would join the family in 1939. Nicholas Delano Seagraves (born August 7, 1949)
David Delano Seagraves (born August 26, 1952)
Anna Fierst (née Anna Eleanor Seagraves) (born August 16, 1955)
Children of Nicholas Delano Seagraves
Delano Dixon Seagraves (born April 5, 1978)
Haven Seagraves (born June 23, 1981)
Children of David Delano Seagraves
Lucy Seagraves (born March 3, 1983)
Dana Seagraves (born March 3, 1985)
Children of Anna Fierst
Sophie Eleanor Fierst (born July 24, 1992)
Simon Charles Fierst (born April 7, 1994)
Seagraves is one of the few living Roosevelt family members who witnessed events firsthand during the White House years.
Each year, when Seagraves" grandmother held a picnic at Val-Kill for delinquent boys, she assisted Mistress
Roosevelt with these events. She was close to Eleanor Roosevelt throughout her life.
Seagraves has enjoyed a career as an educator and librarian. She edited Delano"s Voyages of Commerce and Discovery (1994), drawn from the journals of Amasa Delano, as well as The Val-Kill Cook Book (1984).
She is an active participant in Democratic Party events in her area, and endorsed Barack Obama for the 2008 Presidential campaign.
At 88, Seagraves resides in Washington District of Columbia