Young Eleanor had a zest for life. She enjoyed jazz music, dancing, and was a well-known and admired Cleveland socialite.
One particular night in 1918 at the Mayfield Country Club, she was dancing with Edward “Ned” Jordan (owner of the Jordan Motor Company) and remarked that she needed a car, but that they were all “too drab, too dark, too big, or too small.”
“Mr. Jordan, why don’t you build a car for the girl who loves to swim, paddle, and shoot, and for the boy who loves the roar of a cut out?’
Jordan thanked her for her million-dollar idea.
That car went into production the very next year and became known as “the Playboy”.
And the girl? She would later be known as Eleanor B. Garfield.
That wasn’t the only idea she inspired. Read more about her remarkable spirit at https://cityofmentor.com/eleanor-b-garfield-mentors-second-first-lady/