Eleanor Roosevelt





Eleanor Roosevelt

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born
in The United States
October 11, 1884

died
November 07, 1962

gender
female

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political leader who used her influence as an active First Lady from 1933 to 1945 to promote the New Deal policies of her husband, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as well as taking a prominent role as an advocate for civil rights. After her husband's death in 1945, she continued to be an internationally prominent author and speaker for the New Deal coalition. She was a suffragist who worked to enhance the status of working women, although she opposed the Equal Rights Amendment because she believed it would adversely affect women. In the 1940s, she was one of the co-founders of Freedom House and supported the formation of the United Nations. Eleanor Roosevelt founded the UN Association of the United St...more


Average rating: 4.04 · 881,143 ratings · 9,606 reviews · 43 distinct works · Similar authors
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