Eleanor Roosevelt:

First Lady

Quotes:

1. "Though she was not a woman of great physical beauty, she glowed with an inner beauty that revealed the compassion and love that made her, in the eyes of millions, the First Lady of the world."-Kenneth G. Richards in a biography about her.

2. "So often people you admire at a distance do not mean as much to you after you meet them."-Eleanor Roosevelt (February12,1940)

Timeline:

1. Born on October11,1884

2. Eleanor goes to boarding school in England in 1899

3. Eleanor marries Franklin in 1905

4. Eleanor becomes the First Lady of the United States in 1932

5. Eleanor Roosevelt dies in 1962

Character Quality Traits/ Anecdotes:

1. Not very graceful; when her family and teachers used scold her about standing straight, being polite, and talking fluently.

2. Caring about others feelings; when she tried to make a boy feel better about his broken legs by showing him her posture back brace.

3. Contributing; when she joined the Red Cross where she organized everything.

4. Brave; when her mom, dad, child, and husband died but she toughed it up and her world was not over.

5. Generous; when she to a lowly minors shack and visited his family. Once she saw that they were eating meat scraps and family pets she gave them money and helped him find a better job.

Accomplishments:

1. After the stock market crashed, her and Franklin started sending money to anyone who wrote to them in need of help.

2. She taught poor kids how to dance to keep them off of the streets and maybe stop their suffering.

3. She earned the right to sit by the teachers at dinner time (which was where the smart kids sat) with only months of boarding school in England.

4. After her husband died she earned the right to be an American spokesman in the United Nations.

5. When Franklin became president, millions adored his First Lady for what she stood for.

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