ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

WHY SHE IS A PEACEMAKER

• She is a peacemaker because she wants to help the world and she wants it to be a safer place for the world.
• She became a peacemaker by helping out, volunteering and making the world a better place one step at a time.

ELEANOR’S EARLY YEARS

• When she was three she almost drowned on a ship over seas.
• She had two brothers but one of them died
• When she was 8 years old her mother died from a disease called diphtheria
• When she was about to turn 10 years her father died
• They were sent to their grandmother
• Born on October 11 1884

YEARS AT ALLENSWOOD.

• When Eleanor was 11years her grandmother went to England and she was sent to a school called Allenswood.
• In school, she was the” top” of her class.
• The principal was so amazed she took her on trips.
• Her strict grandmother didn’t approve so they moved back to New York.
• She told her she wouldn’t study until they moved back to England, so they moved back.

THE BIG WEDDING

• Franklin Roosevelt proposed to Eleanor but his mother thought they were too young, so they got married the year after.
• They got married in New York, March 17 1905.
• At their wedding Eleanor’s uncle Theodore got all the attention since he was the president.
• Theodore’s daughter told them that he always gets the attention at events.

FORMING A FAMILY

• Eleanor and Franklin had six children.
• Unfortunately, one child died the same year it was born.
• They have one girl and four boys.

BECOMING A FIRST LADY

• Before her husband Franklin became the president of the USA he became mayor of New York.
• In 1933 Eleanor Roosevelt became the First Lady of the USA.
• Eleanor had a lot of ideas to share with the country, so she had speeches about them.

WHITE HOUSE YEARS

• Eleanor Roosevelt was the First Lady for 4 years.
• Her secretary started to hang out with Franklin, then they started to fall in love with each other.
• When Eleanor found out she told him she wouldn’t help him so he agreed to never see the secretary again.

FRANKLIN GETS WORSE

• In 1921 Franklin got a disease called polio.
• Polio is a disease when a body part can’t move, Franklin had polio in his legs
• His mother told him to stop being the president but Eleanor for once disagreed with her.
• In 1945 he died.

GOOD LIFE, GOODBYE ELEANOR

• In 1962 Eleanor died
• A man made this saying in memory of Eleanor, “
• She would rather light candles that curse the darkness,and her glow has warmed the world.

WHY SHE IS A PEACE MAKER

• She became a peace maker by not staying still but standing a helping out and volunteering.
• She became a peacemaker by trying to stop segregation.

FUN FACTS

• Eleanor got married to her cousin.
• Eleanor is her middle name and Anna is her real name but since her moms name is also Anna they went with Eleanor.
• When she was little she wasn’t like other girls, she would play outside while other girls read or study.

REFERENCES

• Book: Who was Eleanor Roosevelt by Gare Thompson; year 2004; New York, illustrated by Nancy Harrison
• https://www.historytoday.com/archive/franklin-and-eleanor-roosevelt%E2%80%9...
• Https://www.humanrights.com

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