Eleanor Roosevelt

Alexa F.

Looking Into Childhood

• Born: October 11,1884• Attended Allenswood• Influenced by Mademoiselle

Marie Souvestre

Marriage Life

• Married Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Six children together

Challenging Times

• Discovered her husband’s affair• Husband stricken with polio• She became his “eyes and ears”

Presidential Election

• Traveling• Becoming a voice for the

disadvantaged• Women’s access to power

A Woman’s Voice

• Fighting for the black, youth, poor, and unemployed.

• A target for political enemies• Volunteer work

Organizations

• National Youth Administration• National Association for the

Advancement of Colored People• Universal Declaration of Human

Rights

Traveling

• “Eleanor Everywhere” • Trips by herself• Unwanted at the White House

On Her Own

• Husband’s death• Chairwoman of the United

Nations Commission • Held television discussion shows

and continued newspaper column.

Staying Strong

“…no matter how plain a woman may be if truth and loyalty are stamped upon her face all will be attracted to her…”