Eleanor Roosevelt
Chase McCullough
Eleanor Roosevelt
Timeline
1884-Eleanor Roosevelt is born in New York City
1892-Her mother dies and she is sent to live with her grandmother
1899-She goes to Allenswood in England
1901-President Mckinley was assassinated
1905-Eleanor comes back to U.S. and marries Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
1912-Attends convention and Joins Red Cross
1914-WWI begins
1917-U.S. enters WWI
1918-WWI ends
1919-She volunteers at St. Elizabeth's Hospital
1920-Women are granted the right to vote; Eleanor joins the League of Women Voters
1928-The President declares that the U.S. is closer than ever before to ending poverty
1929- The stock market crashes causing the Great Depression. Eleanor starts food lines to help those without jobs
1935-Eleanor begins writing "My Day"
1941-WWII starts
1945-WWII ends
1946-Mrs. Roosevelt begins working with the United Nations and helps write the Declaration of Universal Rights
1962-Eleanor Roosevelt dies of T.B.
Quotes
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."