Eleanor Roosevelt
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born
December 13, 1901
died
November 07, 1962
gender
female
place of birth
The United States
genre
Nonfiction
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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
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"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
— Eleanor Roosevelt
"Women are like teabags; you never know how strong they are until they're put in hot water."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why we call it 'The Present'."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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