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Eleanor Roosevelt with the .22 Smith and Wesson she frequently carried in lieu of Secret Service protection.
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was not someone who you wanted to mess with. Aside from being fiercely outspoken and independent, she was also packing serious heat. During her tenure in the White House First Lady Roosevelt drove the Secret Service up a wall with her outspoken nature. Not only was she always carrying a concealed weapon, but she insisted on driving her own car.
Because she wasn’t under the same microscope as the President, Eleanor Roosevelt was allowed to be as outspoken as she wanted, TIME recalled:
She spoke fiercely and freely about racism, poverty, and sexism in a way that would have been impossible for a sitting president at the time.
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