Eleanor Roosevelt

  • Childhood

    Born on October 11 1884 in New York City and had a poor childhood. Her parents are Anna Hall Roosevelt and Elliot Bulloch Roosevelt.
  • School

    When she fifteen her grandmother sent her to a boarding school in London England, at first she was scared but when her headmistress
    took an interest in her.
  • Married

    Married
    She got engaged in 1904 and, then got married in on march 17 1905 in her hometown New York City NY.
  • Family

    Family
    Her 3rd child was considered the "biggest and the most beautiful of all the babies" but when he was 7 Months old he got the flu and died.
  • Cheating

    When she was in her 14th year of marriage she found out that he had been cheating on her with his social secretary, Lucy mercer.But did not divorce him.
  • Awards

    Roosevelt had been nominated three times for a Nobel Peace Prize, she was considered the "first lady of the world"
  • President Franklin gets sick

    When franklin got sick with polio in 1921 many people thought he was going to die as he almost but Eleanor was determined to help him though the whole thing sand never left his side.

    www.ducksters.com/biography/women_leaders/eleanor_roosevelt.php
  • Elected to office

    She never wanted to be the first lady so when she found out when her husband was deeply troubled
  • Death

    Death
    After being in office for 30 years she was pleased with her life when she died. She had made many new friends when she passed.
  • Children

    Anna Eleanor (1906 – 1975)
    James (1907 – 1991)
    Franklin (1909), Elliott (1910 – 1990)
    Franklin Delano, Jr. (1914 – 1988
    John Aspinwall (1916 – 1981) http://firstladies.c-span.org/FirstLady/34/Eleanor-Roosevelt.aspx