Eleanor Roosevelt By saraznhdd Oct 11, 1884 Born in NY, NY 1899 Attends Allenswood Academy, England 1905 Marries FDR 1918 Volunteers with Red Cross during WWI 1922 Joins Women's Trade Union League 1932 Begins Radio Broadcast 1933 Becomes First Lady of the United States 1935 Begins "My Day" newspaper column 1939 Organizes Marian Andersen concert at Lincoln Memorial 1941 Radio Address to Nation after Pearl Harbor 1945 Appointed to US Delegate to United Nations by Truman 1948 Passes Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1952 Resigns from US Delegate Position 1961 Reappointed to UN Delegate by Kennedy Nov 7, 1962 Dies