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Eleanor Roosevelt-Valentina Pérez Restrepo

  • Eleanor Roosevelt is born.

    Eleanor Roosevelt is born.
  • Elliott Roosevelt is born.

  • Her father left the house.

    He went to live in a sanitarium for dealing with his drinking problems.
  • Hall Roosevelt is born.

  • Her mother, Anna dies.

    She became ill with painful headaches and then she died.
  • Eleanor and Hall were taken to live in Manhattan with their grandmother.

  • Elliott dies.

    He died by diphtheria.
  • Eleanor´s father dies.

  • Eleanor was send to boarding school in England.

    Her grandmother Hall decided to send her to Allenswood, a private academy for girls located on the outskirts of London.
  • Eleanor left Allenswood.

    Her grandmother insisted that she must introduced to society as a debutante; to go to dances and parties and beging to take her place in the social world with other wealthy young women.
  • Eleanor began working at the Rivington Street Settelment House o NYC.

    She went to all parties and dances, but she also began to worj¡k with poor children. She taught the girls gymnastic exercises and took children to museums and musical performances.
  • Eleanor felt in love with Franklin Delano Rooevelt.

    She felt in love with her fifth cousin.