Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City, Oct. 11, 1884, died Nov. 7, 1962. Eleanor's mother died when she was eight, her father when she was ten. She was raised by her grandmother after the premature death of her parents. In 1905 she married her cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt; they had six children, one of them died in infancy. Although extremely shy, she became active in politics after her husband was found with polio in 1921.Eleanor Roosevelt is one of America's great reforming leaders, She had a very strong impact on national policy toward youth, blacks, women, the poor, and the United Nations. As the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, she was the country's most active First Lady. Eleanor Roosevelt helped draft the UN Declaration of Human Rights. When Franklin became president in 1933, Eleanor Roosevelt showed her self as a powerful voice on behalf of a wide range of social causes, including youth employment and civil rights for blacks and women.She started press conferences, had her own radio program, and wrote a daily newspaper column, "My Day,". After her husband's death, she continued in public life. She served (1945-52,1961-62) as a U.S. delegate to the United Nations and helped draft the UN Declaration of Human Rights. The Great Depression during the 1930s got Mrs. Roosevelt's concerns. She sponsored an experiment at Arthurdale, West Virginia, She wanted to bring small manufacturing to big manufacturing companies. Doing that would get a lot more jobs for people. During World War II she visited American soldiers around the world. She died in New York City on November 7, 1962....
