The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt By 225675 Oct 11, 1884 Eleanor Roosevelt was born Jan 1, 1892 Eleanor's mom dies Jan 1, 1894 Eleanor's dad dies Jan 1, 1899 Eleanor travels to England to attend Allenwod academy for 3 years Mar 17, 1905 Eleanor marries her 5th cousin Franklin Roosevelt Apr 16, 1910 Franklin wins election for the new york state senator Jan 1, 1921 Franklin is diagnosed with polio Since Franklin was having trouble walking, Eleanor helped out with some of his jobs. Jan 1, 1932 Franklin is elected president Nov 2, 1962 Eleanor dies of cancer May 2, 1997 The Franlin Roosevelt memorial is built In one of the rooms in the memorial, Eleanor was honored. She was the first First Lady to be honored in a memeorial.