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Quick Facts
- NAME: Eleanor Roosevelt
- OCCUPATION: U.S. First Lady
- BIRTH DATE: October 11, 1884
- DEATH DATE: November 07, 1962
- PLACE OF BIRTH: New York, New York
- PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
Best Known For
The wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt changed the role of the first lady through her active participation in American politics.
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Eleanor Roosevelt - Mini Bio (4:15)
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Eleanor Roosevelt - Mini Bio
Eleanor Roosevelt, the niece of Theodore Roosevelt and shy as a child, grew up to be one of the most outspoken women in the White House. She became politically active by writing a newspaper column and drafting the UN Bill on Human Rights.
Eleanor Roosevelt - Sexual Orientation
Biography of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and her relationships with body guard Earl Miller and Associated Press reporter Lorena Hickok.
Eleanor Roosevelt - A Full Schedule
Biography of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and her proactive campaigning for husband, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, for his policies and programs unlike her predecessors.
Eleanor Roosevelt - Singing is Uplifting
Biography of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt singing during the Great Depression to lift spirits, leading the audience and encouraging everyone that singing is uplifting.
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Synopsis
Born October 11, 1884, in New York City, Eleanor Roosevelt (niece of Theodore Roosevelt) was a shy child who grew up to be one of the most outspoken women in the White House. She married Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1905. During her husband's presidency, Eleanor gave press conferences and wrote a newspaper column. After his death, she served at the UN working for human rights and women's issues.
Quotes
We need not fear any isms if our democracy is achieving the ends for which it was established.
It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
Profile
First lady, writer, and humanitarian. Born on October 11, 1884, in New York City, New York. The niece of President Theodore Roosevelt, Eleanor was known as a shy child and experienced tremendous loss at a young age. Her mother died in 1892. Two years later, Eleanor became an orphan at the age of 10 with the death of her father. She was sent to school in England as a teenager, an experience that help draw her out of her shell.
In 1905 she married her distant cousin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. For Eleanor, the early years of her marriage were filled with family activities. The couple had six children: Anna, James, Franklin (who died as an infant), Elliott, Franklin Jr., and John. She did not let her growing family prevent her from helping others. During World War I, she became active in public service, working for the American Red Cross.
After her husband suffered a polio attack in 1921, Eleanor stepped forward to help Franklin with his political career. When her husband became president in 1933, Eleanor dramatically changed the role of the first lady. Not content to stay in the background and handle domestic matters, she showed the world that the first lady was an important part of American politics. Eleanor gave press conferences and even had her own newspaper column entitled My Day. Eleanor spoke out for human rights, women's issues, and children's causes. She also wanted to help the country's poor and stood against racial discrimination.
During World War II, Eleanor supported the war effort and traveled abroad to visit U.S. troops. After her husband's death in 1945, she was selected to be a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, serving from 1945 to 1953. She also became the chair of the UN's Human Rights Commission. As a part of this commission, she helped to write the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Besides her political work, Eleanor also wrote several books about her life and experiences, including This Is My Story (1937), This I Remember (1949), On My Own (1958), and Autobiography (1961). She made a return to public service the same year her autobiography was published. President John F. Kennedy made her a delegate to the United Nations in 1961. He also selected her to serve as chair of the Commission on the Status of Women.
Eleanor died of cancer on November 7, 1962. A revolutionary first lady, she was one of the most outspoken women to ever live in the White House. While she had her share of critics, most could agree
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Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt
View groupEleanor Roosevelt began courting her father's fifth cousin, 20-year-old Harvard student Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in 1903. The couple got engaged in November, married on St. Patrick's Day 1905, and produced six children, five of whom survived infancy. In 1921, while vacationing in Campobello Island, New Brunswick, FDR contracted an illness that resulted in permanent paralysis of his legs. Another blow followed: FDR's affair with Eleanor's social secretary, Lucy Mercer. The marriage endured, however, and as President and First Lady, they used their influence to promote New Deal policies and advocate for civil rights.
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View groupThe wives of U.S. presidents are often important American figures in their own right. Although they have no official responsibilities, first ladies are a highly visible part of U.S. government. The role of the first lady has evolved over the centuries, from hostess of the White House to advocates for public policy.
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