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Oct 10, 2024 · Eleanor Roosevelt was an American first lady (1933–45), the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States, and a United Nations diplomat and humanitarian. She was one of the world’s most widely admired and powerful women.
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Mar 6, 2024 · Quick Facts. FULL NAME: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. BORN: October 11, 1884. BIRTHPLACE: New York City, NY. SPOUSE: Franklin D. Roosevelt (m. 1905–1945) ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Libra. Early Life. Anna...
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (/ ˈ ɛ l ɪ n ɔːr ˈ r oʊ z ə v ɛ l t / EL-in-or ROH-zə-velt; October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist.
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A shy, insecure child, Eleanor Roosevelt would grow up to become one of the most important and beloved First Ladies, authors, reformers, and female leaders of the 20th century.
Born on October 11, 1884 in New York City, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the first of Elliot and Anna Hall Roosevelts three children. Her family was affluent and politically prominent, and while her childhood was in many ways blessed, it was also marked by hardship: her fathers alcoholism, as well as the deaths of both parents and one of her brothers ...
In 1899, Roosevelt began her three years of study at Londons Allenswood Academy, where she became more independent and confident. Her teacher, Mademoiselle Marie Souvestre, with her passionate embrace of social issues, opened Roosevelt up to the world of ideas and was an early force in Roosevelts social and political development.
Roosevelt returned to New York for her social debut in 1902. She became involved with the settlement house movement, teaching immigrant children and families on Rivington Street. In 1905, after a long courtship, she married her distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a charming, Harvard graduate in his first year of law school at Columbia Univers...
All that changed in 1911, when Franklin was elected to the New York State Senate, and the couple moved to Albany, away from Sara. Two years later, the Roosevelts moved to Washington, DC, when Franklin joined Woodrow Wilsons administration as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. While she was initially uncomfortable with the DC political scene, Roosevel...
Although initially wary of womens suffrage, after its passage in 1920, Roosevelt promoted womens political engagement, playing a leadership role in several organizations, including the League of Women Voters and the Womens Trade Union League. She surrounded herself with politically astute women such as Molly Dewson and Rose Schneiderman. She was he...
In the White House from 1933 to 1945, First Lady Roosevelt kept a dizzying schedule. She wrote nearly 3,000 articles in newspapers and magazines, including a monthly column in Womens Home Companion, where she asked the public to share their stories, hardships, and questions. In a few short months, she received several hundred thousand responses and...
Roosevelt had immense influence on her husbands decisions as president and in shaping both his cabinet and the New Deal. Working with Molly Dewson, head of the Womens Division of the DNC, she lobbied her husband to appoint more women, successfully securing Frances Perkins as the first woman to head the Department of Labor, among many others. She al...
Nov 9, 2009 · First lady Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), the U.S. president from 1933 to 1945, was a leader in her own right and involved in numerous humanitarian...
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Eleanor Roosevelt Biography. Eleanor Roosevelt was First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. She was also an advocate for human and civil rights. She was made a delegate to the UN General Assembly and played a key role in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Eleanor Roosevelt Fast Facts . BORN: October 11, 1884 in New York City. PARENTS: Anna Hall and, Elliott Roosevelt Her mother died when Eleanor was eight. Her father, younger brother of Theodore Roosevelt, died when she was ten. BROTHERS: Elliott Roosevelt, Jr. (1889-1893) [Gracie] Hall Roosevelt (1891-1941)
