Eleanor's life didn't begin the way one would expect it to have, being someone of her stature. She was born on October 11, 1884 in New York City, the daughter of Elliot Roosevelt and Mrs. Anna Hall Roosevelt. Her father was an alcoholic throughout her adolescent years and was sent away to a mental asylum, to recess from alcohol and return to a better life. During the time Elliot was away, Anna became sick and eventually died of Diphtheria. A few years later Elliot, unable to separate from his ways, died due to alcoholism. After her parents' deaths, Eleanor was raised by her Grandmother and sent off to Allenswood School in England. A few years later Eleanor leaves Allenswood and begins her life in the publ

This book I feel does a great deal of justice to Eleanor Roosevelt's life in so many ways that it is hard to overview it. The biography begins by telling us a great deal about Eleanor's childhood life which by letting us know about the death of her parents and her father's alcoholism, gives us a great deal of insight into her reasons for always being so helpful to those less fortunate than she was. I believe that her being a child with no true parents to love and take care of her, left her with a permanent longing for affection and an intense ambition to make others feel loved and cared for. Since Eleanor was organized in the Women's Trade Union League I was surprised to hear of her lack of knowledge in political matters even years after her marriage to Franklin. Eleanor soon learned the ways of politics, and what the right to vote meant to a group with similar interest, and helped lead the way to one of the greatest accomplishments of the United States, giving women the right to vote.

ic's eye. In 1903 Eleanor becomes engaged to Franklin Roosevelt, who was her fifth cousin once removed. Two years later Eleanor and Franklin are united together. Four years into their marriage, having already given birth to two children, Eleanor's third ch

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