Eleanor Roosevelt Summary

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She was both strong-willed and lived according to her own beliefs. She rose from a shy young girl to a respected figure both in the national and international fields (Bibliography, 2013). She was raised by her grandmother after being orphaned at an early age of only ten years old. She was schooled in a boarding school in England. She was later married Franklin D. She was the idea behind the establishment of the universal declaration of human rights. Boundaries crossed in her life The first ever boundary she had to cross and which had a great impact in her life was when she fought against the urge for divorce after knowing about an affair her husband was having with the secretary. She decided to stay and remained by her husband’s side as the first lady for the sake of the president.

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When her husband the then president of the United States experienced polio, she took over the full control in the capacity of a president and successfully ran the country on behalf of her husband even though she wasn’t the elected president (Bech, 2004). She became the first lady amid a season when the country was experiencing the great depression but she continued on with her teaching work. Her contributions through her role as the first lady, her activism, and her role as the initiator of the universal declaration of human rights while at the United Nations will be remembered forever. “I love people and I love the contacts their letters have brought me, remote contacts to be sure but rather intimate ones” (Lopez, 2013).

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