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She was born on October 11, 1884 in New York City.
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Eleanor was orphaned at 8 yrs. old because her mother died oin 1892 and her father died from alchoholic poisoning. She then was left in the care of her maternal grandmother Valentine Hall.
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Eleanor married Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 17, 1905.
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Eleanor once went flying with Amelia Earhart in Baltimore.
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Eleanor prostested for human welfare against human segregation.
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Her husband was assasinated.
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Eleanor was appointed to help draft the Declaration of Human Rights.
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Eleanor wrote a total of 6 books and in 1949 she wrote her book "This I Remember".
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Eleanor starred in a good margarine comercial on TV
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Eleanor died at the age of 78