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Eleanor Roosevelt born
Eleanor Roosevelt was born in Manhattan ,her parents Anna Hall Roosevelt and Elliot Roosevelt. -
Elliot is born
After his parents wanted a boy,(after Eleanor was born,)he was born. -
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Her mother became illl
With painful headaches, so Eleanor took care of her.She felt glad to help someone, to be needed. -
Her father left
He had alcoholic problems so,he went to a sanitarium in Virginia .She missed him greatly. -
Hall was born
Hall was the third of the children of the Roosevelt family -
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She felt unwanted
she watched her mother hold the boys on her lap and lovingly stroke their hair, while she was distance.But her father love her , he used to dance with her and she called her "little golden hair". -
Her mother died
When Eleanor turn 8 her mother died -
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Eleanor and her brothers were send to live with her grandmother
After her mother died she and her brothers were send to live with their grandmother.In that house there was no place for children to play, she usually sat alone in her room and read.For many months after her father´s death she pretended thathe was still alive ,she made him the heroe of her stories. -
Her brother died
Elliot suddlently caught diphtheria and died too. -
Her father died
When she turn 10, her father died too.For the rest of her life she carried with her all the letters her father had written in the sanitarium. -
She was send to a bording school in England .
There she learned to speak French.She also joined Hockey and she won the respect of her teammates. -
she fell in love
She fell in love with her fifth cousing ,Franklin, and she started going out with him to parties. -
She started working with poor children
Began working with poor children at the Rivington Sreeet Settlement House. -
She left her boarding school.
She started going to dances and parties and began to take her place in the social world with other wealthy young women.But she also began working with poor children.She also felt in love with a cousing called Delano Roosevelt. -
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Franklin´s mom made all the the decisions
at the beginning of their marriage -
Eleanor and Franklin get married
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The couple´s first children was born
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Eleanor give birth to 5 more children
1 died in infancy. -
Franklin and Eleanor started having problems.
Trouble developed in the relationship, they didn´t share interests. -
Franklin was elected to the New York Stete Senate .
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Franklin was Assistant Secretary of the Navy.