Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11, 1884 and died on November 7, 1962. "She was an American human rights activist, diplomat and as the wife of President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Eleanor is the longest serving First Lady of the United States from 1933-1945. As an active First Lady, she traveled around the United States promoting the New Deal and visited troops at the frontlines during World War II. She was also a first wave feminist and an active supporter of the American Civil Rights Movement"(Wikimedia). Some would say she was not the best mother, but she was voted the most admired women in America. Eleanor was extremely shy and lacked self confidence for most of her life, but she was called "The First Lady of the Western World". She was scolded for interfering in affairs of the state, but she was also the eyes and ears for the president. She spent her whole life as a champion of the underdog. Some people might say she was a saint, but she really was no saint. She was a woman ahead of her time, a warm loving, sincere; a very human person who used her talents and position to help bring about much needed social change (Eleanor Roosevelt Main Page). Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations.
             Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 111884 into a well-established and wealthy New York family. She was the daughter of society belle Anna Hall and the charming Elliott Roosevelt, younger brother to Theodore. Eleanor was expected to adapt to a particular mold. She would say it was to "conform to a conventional pattern". Knowing her mother was disappointed because she did not have a beautiful and graceful daughter, Eleanor developed an extreme desire to have affection and praise from everyone because of her plain looks and lack of manners. Eleanor was completely devoted to her father and he never found anyth...