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Bigwig Digs: Notorious Lawman & Progressive First Lady
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This week on Bigwig Digs, we add one of the most prominent first ladies of the twentieth century on the one hand, and one of the nation's most notorious lawmen on the other.
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- The home site (now a church) on Capitol Hill where J. Edgar Hoover lived with his mother into his forties.
- The Dupont row house that Eleanor Roosevelt rented with FDR prior to his presidency.
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This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/bigwig_digs_notorious_lawman_progressive_first_lady/6696.
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