Eleanor Roosevelt

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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...