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    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…

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    Eleanor Roosevelt and Marian Anderson Many people have good characteristics and bad characteristics. In the historical article Eleanor Roosevelt and Marian Anderson, Eleanor Roosevelt helps Marian Anderson to perform in the Constitution Hall. However instead of performing there Marian Anderson performed at the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday 1939. Eleanor Roosevelt showed many characteristics that she had, but the two characteristics that stood out were how helpful and brave she was.…

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    America’s Best President Many of you have heard about the 32nd president of the United States of America, Franklin D. Roosevelt. If not, here is some quick background information. Franklin D. Roosevelt was born into a well-known and wealthy family in 1882 at Hyde Park, New York. Which is now a national historic site that a lot people visit specially because of him. Roosevelt was the only child his parents ever had so he never had to compete with any other siblings. He attended Harvard…

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    Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt shared many of the same political ideas, although they came from different political parties. Both answered to the same Progressive calling, and used their time in office to expand both the power of the executive as well as the overall size of the Federal Government. It can be said that Teddy Roosevelt (TR) laid the groundwork for the advent of Progressive Politics, while FDR expanded these ideas. Franklin Roosevelt (FDR), admired his older cousin, and followed his…

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    report is on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd . Franklin Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York in his family home on January 30th 1882. HIs parents were James and Sara Roosevelt. During his childhood, Franklin Roosevelt spent a great deal of time on his family ranch. In his childhood, he was educated by private tutors and learned how to handles horses. In his teenage years, he received a formal education from a Massachusetts prep by the name of Groton. Franklin Roosevelt married his fifth…

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    Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11, 1884 in New York City. When Eleanor was 8 years old, her mother died of diphtheria; her father died from a fall two years later. In 1905, Eleanor Roosevelt married future President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR). Together they had four sons and one daughter. When FDR was diagnosed with polio, Eleanor did a lot for him, because of this, she became more involved in politics and making an impact. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was noteworthy in history…

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    Eleanor Roosevelt Biography By Aaron Kwan Eleanor Roosevelt (full name Anna Eleanor Roosevelt) was born in 1884 in Manhattan, New York City. She was a niece of President Theodore Roosevelt. Eleanor’s mother was somewhat ashamed of Eleanor's plainness as a child, and called her “Granny” because of this. She had 2 younger brothers, Elliott Jr. and Gracie Hall Roosevelt. Their family was of a high class known as the “swells”. Eleanor lived a sorrow stricken childhood. Her mother and Elliot Jr.…

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    Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was one of the most influential women of her time. She was born on October 11, 1884 in New York City. The first child born to Elliot and Anna Livingston Ludlow Hall Roosevelt, Eleanor was born into a wealthy, aristocratic family. However, while the Roosevelt family was a very distinguished family related closely to political figures like Theodore Roosevelt, the family was constantly plagued by troubles. Anna Roosevelt was from an aristocratic background and constantly…

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    President Theodore Roosevelt had two wives and five children. The names of the wives were Edith Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway Lee. The names of the children were Alice Roosevelt Longsworth, Kermit Roosevelt, Ethal Roosevelt Derby, Quentin Roosevelt, and Archibald Roosevelt. Martha Bulloch Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Sr. were his parents. Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York City. When Theodore was little everyone called him Teedie which was his nickname. He was homeschooled because of his…

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    Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, the First Lady of former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, is down in history as one of the most influential of all the First Ladies (Maney 1). Eleanor accomplished many things, from being a writer and an activist, to co-founding Val-Kill Industries. Eleanor often traveled across the country to inspect the social conditions that the citizens of that region were living in (Freedman 2). If the conditions did not meet her standards, she would attempt to reform through the…

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