essay #7910

Topic: Eleanor Roosevelt

Type of paper:	Research Paper
Subject area:	American History
Academic level:	College
Style:	APA
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Word count:	2835
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Date submitted:	2008-11-21 19:01:25
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Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt was born October , from a family of lineage ,
wealth , and uncommon sadness . The first child of Anna Hall Roosevelt and
Elliott Roosevelt , young Eleanor encountered dissatisfaction early in
life . Her father , grief the death of his mother and fighting continuous
ill health , turned to alcohol for relief and was absent from home for
long periods of time occupied in either business , pleasure or medical
treatment . Anna Hall Roosevelt tried to balance her disillusionment with
her husband with her responsibilities toward Eleanor and Eleanor 's
younger brother , Hall . As the years passed , the young mother became
increasingly unhappy . An astute and observant child , Eleanor hardly ever
failed to notice the tension between her parents and the damage that it
placed on both of them . By the time she was six , Eleanor assumed several
responsibility for her mother 's happiness , recalling later in her
autobiography This Is My Story that "my mother suffered from very bad
headaches , and I know now that life must have been hard and bitter and a
very great strain on her . I would often sit at the head of her bed and
stroke her head . for hours on end " Yet this intimacy was
short-lived . Anna Hall Roosevelt , one of New York 's most astonishing
beauties , increasingly made young Eleanor extremely self-conscious
regarding her conduct and appearance , even going so far as to nickname
her "Granny " for her "very plain "old fashioned " and serious
behavior . Remembering her childhood , Eleanor later wrote "I was a...

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