Eleanor Roosevelt

By Yao Gao

  • Born

    Born
    Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, is borned in October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962, she was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States,in 1933 to 1945 during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office holding the post.

  • Early Life & Death of Parents

    Early Life & Death of Parents
    Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City, to Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt and Anna Rebecca Hall.Her mother died from diphtheria on December 7, 1892, and Elliott Jr. died of the same disease the following May.Her father, an alcoholic confined to a sanitarium, died on August 14, 1894 when he tried to jump from a window during a fit of delirium tremens. He survived the fall, but died from a seizure.

  • Marriage

    Marriage
    Eleanor married Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) on March 17, 1905 (St. Patrick's Day), in a wedding officiated by Endicott Peabody.

  • Family Life

    Family Life
    Eleanor and Franklin had six children:Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1906), James Roosevelt II (1907) ,Franklin Roosevelt (1909), Elliott Roosevelt (1910) ,Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (1914) ,John Aspinwall Roosevelt II (1916).

  • Public Life Before the White House

    Public Life Before the White House
    Eleanor joined Franklin in touring the country, making her first campaign appearances.In 1921, Eleanor began serving as a stand-in for her incapacitated husband, making public appearances on his behalf,

  • First Lady of United States

    First Lady of United States
    In March 4 ,1933 Eleanor Roosevelt became the first lady of United States, also shw wrote a widely syndicated newspaper column, "My Day",earned $75,000 from her lectures and writing, most of which she gave to charity.

  • Civil right activism

    Civil right activism
    During Franklin's terms of the President, but his need to placate to Southern sentiment, so Eleanor help to support of the African-American civil rights movementin.

  • Years After the White House

    Franklin died on April 12,1945,after the funeral, she moved out of White House, to Val-Kill.Also in this time period, she became the fisrt chairperson of the preliminary United Nations Commision on Human Right.

  • Years after the White House

  • Death

    Roosevelt died of resulting cardiac failure at her Manhattan home at 55 East 74th street on the upper east side on Nov. 7,1962,at the age of 78.