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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born October 11, 1884 in New York to Anna Hall and Elliot Bulloch Roosevelt. Her real name is Anna but she preferred to go by her middle name, Eleanor. She had 3 brothers named Hall, Elliott Mann, and Elliott Jr. but one of them died along with both of her parents when she was young. After her parents died she lived with her grandma until she went to college. She attended Allenwood Academy in London at age 15 and was greatly influenced by her headmistress Marie Souvestre. Souvestre taught her many things and helped to make her become the wise woman she was. She then returned to the United States when she was 21 and married Franklin D. Roosevelt on St. Patricks Day, who was actually her fifth cousin once removed. They had 6 kids together named Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., and John. Shortly after they had all their kids, Eleanor’s husband Franklin got polio. She helped him to continue his presidential campaign even though he was sick. …show more content…

She wanted everyone to be treated equally and for everyone to feel like they belonged. She often visited towns and homes to check in on the people and she noticed that the African-Americans were being excluded and treated very poorly. She said her goal was to create “a new kind of community” where everyone was treated fairly. She created projects and fundraisers to help the African-Americans and gave lots of her money to charities. She showed a type of rebellion by inviting many African-Americans to the White House and insisting that “benefits be equally extended to Americans of all

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