My mother began outlining my future for me from the day I was born. She would tell me that I was destined for greatness and one day I would become the First Lady of the United States. But that never sat well with me because the title of First Lady meant one thing to me: a relinquishment of independence and opinion. It seemed demeaning because the position degraded intelligent women to trivial tasks such as picking which china and flower arrangements to display at a dinner party at the White House. While a First Lady is foremost a hostess, one woman radically changed the perception and outreach of the job. Eleanor Roosevelt transformed the role into a source of empowerment and inspiration for women. Eleanor Roosevelt was hesitant to become
