Eleanor Roosevelt
by Alison Hoerer
birth , death and education.
Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City on October 11, 1884. Eleanor was a different kind of first lady. Before Eleanor, first ladies did not talk in public. They did not work. Eleanor chose not to sit back. She wanted to help people. In 1940 the government had provided sixteen million dollars to people in need. Eleanor was the first first lady to hold press conferences about issues of the day. President Truman asked Eleanor to be a delicate to the United Nation. At age 78 Eleanor died of cancer on November 7 1962.
One of Eleanor's biggest fear
When Eleanor was three years old she went on the Britannica with her family. The ship crashed and everyone got on a lifeboat except Eleanor. She was so scared, her dad kept saying I will catch you. She would not go , but finally she went. Eleanor was so scared it took a long time to over come that day. She was scared of boats and the water for a long time.
Eleanor's school
Eleanor was sent to school in England when she was a teenager. An experience that helped her get out of her shell. The other girls at the school respected this new American girl. She spoke fluent French and loved to give her opinion on anything and everything. She was a quick thinker. Eleanor was confident. She stood tall and straight.
family causes
when Eleanor was only eight years old her mother died very suddenly and her father died two years later of alcholism. So Eleanor was an orphan on tell she was old enough to take care of her self.
Franklin Roosevelt
One day Eleanor was going on a train from New York City to the country and meet her cousin Franklin Roosevelt. Over the month Eleanor found her self spending more and more time with Franklin. By the time December was over Eleanor and Franklin were a couple. Eleanor wrote to Franklin who was still at Harvard. On November 22, 1903 Franklin proposed! Franklin's mother was not happy she thought they were to young. So Franklin and Eleanor agreed to wait a year. Finally the happy couple announced they were going to get married.
information
I got my information from a book : who was Eleanor Roosevelt by :Gare Thompson
and biography.com