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| Type of paper: | Term Paper |
| Subject area: | English |
| Academic level: | College |
| Style: | MLA |
| Size: | 72.9 kB |
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1614 words/6 pages
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| Mark awarded: |  |
| Author: | Magali Holland |
| Date submitted: | 2008-11-22 01:52:00 |
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Eleanor Roosevelt 6 Eleanor Roosevelt ``You gain strength , courage , and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face . You must do the thing which you think you cannot do '- Eleanor Roosevelt (Jone 2008 ) And strength , courage and confidence she possessed . Forty-six years after Eleanor Roosevelt 's death yet she the former First Lady still remains an influential women in the world . She supported her husband 's political career . In fact , President Franklin Roosevelt often called his wife his ``eyes and ears (Bradgon , McCutchen , and Ritchie 776 . Eleanor Roosevelt played a pivotal role in the Roosevelt administration especially when paralysis hit the president (776 . She used this power to advocate for civil rights , especially for the women (Goodwin 1998 . The was the first woman to become the voice of the ordinary people , she spoke in national conventions , held press conferences , lectured , and wrote a syndicated column (1998 . She fought for the plight of the poor , the women , and the African Americans (777 . She was a super woman , so to speak . Her fight for social justice was perhaps what Roosevelt is famed and revered for . She helped laid the cornerstone of the civil rights and women 's movement . It was her greatest achievement , one that the world will forever be grateful for . Eleanor Roosevelt was born October 11 , 1884 to Elliott Roosevelt and Anna Hall (Caroli 2008 . Although she came from an influential family (her uncle was Theodore Roosevelt , her life story did not start out smoothly (2008 . Hers was what people would call a ``dysfunctional family (Tindall and Shi 1266 . Her father was described was an alcoholic who got servant girl pregnant while her mother was said to be a ``cold , self-absorbed socialite (Tindall and Shi 1266 . Despite this , Eleanor loved her parents deeply . However , tragedy struck the family . By age ten , both her parents died and Eleanor , together with her brother , was brought to be raised by relatives (Caroli 2008 . Eleanor 's other brother had died a year before (2008 . Eleanor was extremely close to her father and his death deeply affected the young girl (2008 . The siblings were brought to their grandmother Mary Hall to become their guardian (Black 2008 . An introvert , Eleanor was sent to Allenswood , a girls ' boarding school by age 15 (Caroli 2008 . Under the wing of Mademoiselle Marie Souvestre , Eleanor 's intellectual curiosity was awakened . Souvestre was a confident woman who was a staunch believer in the liberal causes (Black 2008 . In Eleanor 's three years at Allenswood , she forged friendship not just with Souvestre but with young girls her age she learned language , literature and history expressed her opinions on political events and discovered Europe in summers (2008 . She was , to say the least , transformed into a ``tall , willowy , outgoing woman (Tindall and Shi 1266 . In 1902 , Eleanor went back to New York for her ``coming out ' into society (Caroli 2008 . Following her family 's tradition , she immersed herself into social responsibilities , enlisting with the National... |
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