Eleanor Roosevelt was best buds with Amelia Earhart. Okay, maybe not total besties—but they did fly together in 1933. (Source)

First lady, a U.S. delegate to the United Nations, chair of the Commission on Human Rights...and an actress? That's right! Roosevelt starred in a margarine commercial in 1959. (Source)

Oh, yeah, you can also add "writer" to Roosevelt's extensive and impressive resume. She wrote a couple of books in all her spare time. (Source)

From 1935 until 1962, Roosevelt had a syndicated newspaper column for which she wrote six articles every week. (Source)

Roosevelt was good friends with a journalist named Lorena Hickok—and some people suggest they might have been more than friends. (Source)