Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady Of The World

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“I honor the human race. When it faces life head-on, it can almost remake itself (Roosevelt, Foreword).” This is a very accurate quote from the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt that describes herself personally. Everything she did, she did full-heartedly, devotedly that she remade how the position of First Lady should be. She was remembered as not only the wife of the 32nd president of the United States, but also as a fiercely loyal activist, a fair spokeswoman, and the kind-hearted First Lady of the World.
Eleanor Roosevelt was a marvel piece at a time of The Great Depression. As her husband became president, she became the mouthpiece to dozens of different organizations revolving around the people of the United States and beyond. From civil rights to employment for millions of Americans across the country to women's rights and beyond. She was spokesperson for the people who couldn't help themselves.
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Eleanor Roosevelt’s (ER) was on the eleventh of october 1889 in New York City; the day the future First Lady was born. She was the first born between her mother and father, Anna Hall and Elliott Roosevelt. Following after ER were her two brothers, Elliott Roosevelt Jr. and Gracie Hall Roosevelt. Her family started started to fall apart when first her mother died in 1892, followed closely by her father in 1894; when she was barely ten years of age. After the death of her parents, she was to live with her grandmother, Mrs.Valentine G. Hall, in Tivoli, New York. From then on, she was homeschooled until she was fifteen. She was then sent to a private institution in England to further her education, and returned to New York when she was eighteen with renewed confidence and vigour. She has joined in multiple social services to help civil rights move

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