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Eleanor was born into a rich family. But sadly this did not mean she was loved or happy. To her mother she was a disappointment. She was red and wrinkled, to her mother this meant she was ugly. And she was not a boy.
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When Eleanor was only two and a half her parents took her on a ship to sail to Liverpool, England.Their ship hit the S.S.Celtic. Eleanor, screaming, was dropped into her father's arms while he was standing in a lifeboat.
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Eleanor was only 8 years old when her mother, Anna Rebecca Livingston Ludlow Hall Roosevelt, passed away.
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Eleanor's grandmother sent her to Allenswood a boarding school near London. (The headmistress was Mademoiselle Marie Souvestre.)
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On St. Patrick's Day, she was given away by her uncle, Teddy Roosevelt, the president of the U.S.
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Born Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Jr.
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19th Amendment to the Constitution
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Age 78
