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 Eleanor Roosevelt A Women Who Changed The Meaning Of Being First Lady By: Vanya Suess Table of Contents Chapter 1. Who is Eleanor Roosevelt? Chapter 2. Childhood Chapter 3. Family Chapter 4. Marie Souvestre Chapter 5. Who Is Franklin Delano Roosevelt? Chapter 6. First Lady Chapter 7. Making a Difference Chapter 8. Glossary Chapter 9. Sources 1 Who is Anna Eleanor Roosevelt? “​
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every
experience in which you really stop to look fear in the​
. ​
You
are able to say to yourself, I lived through this horror. I
can take the next thing that comes along. You must do the
thing you think you can not do.​
” ­​
Eleanor Roosevelt, ​
You Learn By Living I believe this quote is showing that all people have rough times throughout their lives, but if you don`t move on and link arms with fear you will be confused and stuck the rest of your life. Eleanor Roosevelt was someone who changed the meaning of being first lady. Even though she linked arms with fear and had a rough childhood, she changed history Childhood “​
Looking back it strikes me that my childhood and early youth were
one long battle against fear.​
” ­ ​
Eleanor Roosevelt­ A Life of Discovery Before Eleanor became first lady she was mistreated by her mother. She was the first of three children. Eleanor was born on October 11, 1884 in New York. Mean Mom Eleanor`s mother had high expectations for this child but when she was born a girl, not a boy, her mother was very disappointed. Her mother kept focusing on teaching Eleanor etiquette because she believed she was cursed as an ugly duckling. Growing up Eleanor thought she was a disappointment to her parents because her mother was the most beautiful woman she ever knew. 2 Death of Her Parents Both of Eleanor`s parents died before she was ten. Even though Eleanor and her siblings loved their father very much, he died because of alcohol abuse. Eleanor`s mother died because of Diphtheria​
, which is a disease that makes your throat and neck swollen. This disease also took one of Eleanor`s brothers away from her. Family “​
People grow through experience if they meet life
honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.”
­Eleanor Roosevelt, My Day Anna Hall Roosevelt Anna Hall Roosevelt was Anna Eleanor Roosevelt’s mother, and was also the one who changed Eleanor’s view on the world and other people, but not in the best way. Eleanor was a shy and not popular kid, but after her mom mistreated her and then shortly after died, Eleanor broke out of her shell. Free from the ​
oppressive​
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environment that her mother created, Eleanor saw in the world things that she didn’t see before like the ​
exploitation​
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of children, workers, and single parents. In her life after her mother died, she became strong and helpful. 3 Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt Anna Eleanor Roosevelt loved her dad very much. One of Eleanor’s first memories was dressing up and dancing in front of her father (Elliott) and his friends. When she was done her father’s friends would clap, and Elliott would pick up Eleanor and kiss her. Later when Eleanor was first lady she said that she loved her father and he was the center of her world. Eleanor’s father didn’t mistreat her even though many people would disagree because he died of alcohol abuse. Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States. Actually at Franklin and Eleanor’s wedding he ​
gave Eleanor away​
. Then when he left most of the guests left too. They left because at the time Theodore was President, so most people came to see him not Eleanor or Franklin. Theodore was Eleanor’s uncle ­ and Franklin was her distant cousin. Marie Souvestre “Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for
whatever reason, turn his back on life.”
­Eleanor Roosevelt, ​
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt Marie Souvestre was the headmaster at the school that Eleanor’s grandma sent her to at the age of fifteen. The school Eleanor’s grandma sent her to was called Allenswood which is an all­girl school near London, England. Eleanor’s grandma often hid in her room so Eleanor would usually be alone. At Allenswood Eleanor met a woman named Marie Souvestre. Marie saw something special in Eleanor when no one was really her friend. Marie told Eleanor to work hard and praised her when she did. Marie took Eleanor on trips in Europe teaching her how to read train schedules and travel with ease. 4 Who Is Franklin Delano Roosevelt? “ One thing life has taught me: if you are interested,
you never have to look for new interests. They come to you.
When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always
lead to something else.”
­Eleanor Roosevelt, The Quotation Page Perhaps the most important man of Eleanor’s life was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was a husband, president, distant cousin, and a friend. Meeting Eleanor Franklin met Eleanor in New York. By 1905, Eleanor had fallen in love with Franklin D. Roosevelt, who hoped to one day be the President of the United States. Eleanor showed Franklin the slums of New York, opening his eyes to a hidden world and his heart to people who struggled just to survive. Before Eleanor met Franklin, Eleanor joined the New York City Consumers League, a group that called attention to conditions in the factories (steel mills). Eleanor and Franklin eventually got married on March 17,1905 (St.Patricks Day). 5 ​
Polio Franklin Delano Roosevelt lived a normal life until August 25, 1921. On that date of his life he was diagnosed with Polio. Throughout the rough 24 years left of his life, Eleanor was by his side helping him with his presidential and family work. World War II During the long period of World War II, Franklin Delano Roosevelt wasn’t able to go long distances away from his presidential work because of his polio. So on his behalf Eleanor Roosevelt often visited American WWII troops. FDR was also reelected twice during WWII and died the the year it ended (1945). Influence Eleanor had great influence over the ideas of FDR. Even though, he was the one who was president, I look back to the important issues that Eleanor opened his eyes to. She taught him about the exploitation of the poor and helped him decide in which direction to steer the country. If he was the most powerful person in the free world, she was at least the second most powerful. First Lady “Life has got to be lived - that’s all there is to it”
­Eleanor Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt­ A Life Of Discovery First To… Eleanor Roosevelt was a first lady, but that doesn’t mean she had to follow the old routine that first ladies were expected to follow. Eleanor insisted on doing things that no first lady had ever done. She was the first, first lady to have a public life and career, first to open White House doors to reporters and hold record press conferences, first to drive her own car, travel by plane, and to make many official business trips all by herself. Even though most things she did were harmless, she also did things that could threaten her and Franklin’s life. Especially her insisting to drive her own car with no 6 guard, but she did agree to carry a rifle with her even though she never really had to use it. Eleanor Roosevelt was tough. Taking Charge While Franklin had polio, Eleanor had to take charge with some of the presidential work. She went to visit WWII soldiers, went to meetings, made speeches, and at the same time she had to take care of her children and Franklin D. Roosevelt. At first she never wanted to be a first lady or to live in the White House, but when Franklin had polio she had to take charge. People looked up to her. She was sort of like Franklin’s substitute (a substitute president). Making a difference “​
With
the new day comes new strength and
new thoughts.”
-​
Eleanor Roosevelt, Brainyquote
Franklin Delano Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945 and Eleanor died on November 7, 1962. After overcoming a rough childhood and early youth, Eleanor Roosevelt was still able to change the meaning of being a first lady. The first lady used to be a social director who didn’t really do anything meaningful. When Eleanor was done with the job, the first lady’s was to help lead the country. 7 Glossary Exploitation​
: the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work. Oppressive​
: unjustly inflicting hardship and constraint, especially on a minority or other subordinate group. “​
Give away​
”: (the act) When a father or male relative walks the bride down the aisle to give away to the fiance. Diphtheria​
: an acute highly contagious bacterial disease causing inflammation of the mucous membranes, formation of a false membrane in the throat that hinders breathing and swallowing and potentially fatal heart and nerve damage by a bacterial toxin in the blood. It is now rare in developed countries because of immunization. Works Cited 1. Freedman, Russell. Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery. New York. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993. 2. Bartlett, John. Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations. Boston. Little, Brown & Company, 1980. 3. Bausum, Ann. Our Country’s Presidents. Washington, D.C. National Geographic Society, 2005. 4. Roosevelt, Eleanor. This I Remember. New York, New York. Harpers & Brothers, 1949. 5. Stone, Amy. Eleanor Roosevelt. Austin, Texas. Raintree Steck­Vaughn Publishers, 2003. 6. http://www.quotationspage.com/ 7. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/eleanor_roosevelt.html
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