How Did Eleanor Roosevelt Impact Society

Early life for Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was not the easiest for one to bare. A family plagued by alcoholism and abuse shaped the woman that had so much impact on the America we live in today. A distant mother and an outcast, absent father were the makings of her home life. Her mother Anna’s death, after a long period of illness, in 1892 was closely followed by her father Elliott’s just nineteen months later of depression and alcohol. At the age of ten, Eleanor was orphaned and put in the custody of her maternal grandmother. It was while under her care that ER, in 1899, attended Allenswood Academy in London. Her attendance of the academy was the very start of her views in politics and liberal causes, while also developing her social skills and giving the confidence to state her opinions. Her studies included language, literature and history, under her teacher Marie Souvestre, who ER stated was one of the most influential person in shaping who she became. Returning home she volunteered as a teacher, joining the National Consumers League and dedicating much of her time to their benefit. Her hard work and dedication soon earned her attention from the public, despite her family requesting she stay away from the public eye. This attention also came in the form of one Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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Even as she grew older and later into her life she fully and tirelessly supported her causes in favor of the female, black and impoverished people of America. Her public influence shot these movements forward years if not more, and had a huge, important impact on how civil rights are in America today. At the age of 78 Anna Eleanor Roosevelt died of aplastic anemia, tuberculosis and heart failure. The title of First Lady of the World proudly hers, along with her name in many organizations across the nation. Even today she is said to be the cause of a shift in duty for the First Lady, and a backbone in civil