Biography: Eleanor Roosevelt

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still possessed the vitality and enthusiasm that characterized her whole career in public life for more than 30 years she had set an exhausting pace for herself touring the nation and the world on behalf of people in distress her enemy was suffering wrote one report and her cause was humanity but Eleanor Roosevelt never saw herself as an idealist my work provided me with an opportunity she said for living live as fully and deeply as I possibly could born in 1884 Anna Eleanor Roosevelt is a shy and retiring little girl says her mother she's so plain looking such a funny old fashioned child that we called her granny when Eleanor is 8 years old her mother is fatally stricken by kathiria she clings to her father for affection but within two years Elliott Roosevelt dies a lonely insecure child she is sent to live with her grandmother I was made to feel she would say later but nothing about me would attract attention or admiration occasionally Eleanor is permitted to visit the summer home of her dynamic uncle Theodore Roosevelt already a prominent figure in American politics first thing if I remember is that he was horrified but I didn't know how to swim so he thought he'd teach me as he taught all his own children he threw me in and then he fished me out naturally on being right she makes her formal entrance into New York Society in 1902 I was the first girl in my family she recalls who was not a Belle and I was deeply ashamed at a fashionable ball she needs a fifth cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt Franklin a senior at Harvard College launches a whirlwind courtship says Eleanor I was only 19 but when Franklin asked me to marry him it seemed entirely natural that I should say yes and then she adds it would be years before I understood what being in love or loving really meant Sarah Roosevelt Franklin's strong-willed and possessive mother objects to the marriage but young Franklin refuses to give up the idea in the fall of 1904 sarah roosevelt reluctantly announces her son's engagement their wedding is attended by the President of the United States Eleanor's uncle Teddy Roosevelt we suddenly discovered that the minute uncle Ted left us and went into another room everybody else left us two words so we had follow it was really much more important but I'm content was there than that we were being married for the first years of my marriage Eleanor says my mother-in-law did everything for me it never occurred to me to revolt she admits I did whatever was required of me hoping it would bring me the approval and love I so much wanted Franklin a successful young lawyer decides to enter politics and in the spring of 1910 he runs for a seat in the New York Senate after his election calendar says simply a naively I will learn about politics it is a wife's duty to be interested in whatever interests her husband in 1920 James cost Democratic candidate for the presidency selects the dynamic young Franklin Roosevelt as his running mate the whistle stop campaigning fascinates elegant but she remains in the background fearful of the crowd the noise and excitement of public appearances I've learned a great deal it wasn't a very good speaker in those early days there would be horrible long pauses and I would wonder whether he was ever going on again but she then he was very young and arrogant when he started out in public life and he led the great years as he went along when the Democratic ticket is defeated the Roosevelts resume the comfortable pattern of their life they spend the summer of 1921 at the pleasant island resort of Campobello but here Eleanor Roosevelt will face one of the crises of her life when her husband is suddenly and tragically stricken by infantile paralysis the family is told that for the rest of his life Roosevelt's legs will be paralyzed his mother urges Roosevelt to dismiss all thoughts of continuing his political career she wants him to retire to the life of a country squire convinced that the most insignificant physical strain will cause his health to break entirely for the first time in her life Eleanor Roosevelt begins to fight for her convictions with Roosevelt's political aide Louie how she wages a determined campaign to convince FDR that he must not give up Louie how wanted him to continue his interest in politics and so he decided that I better go in the state political setup in Europe supposed to bring people into the house more and keep my husband's interests up and so doing I used to go with me to meetings sit in the back and make fun of the afterword switchers quite painful but they good for me because I would never but they in 1928 Democratic presidential candidate Al Smith convinces Roosevelt that he should run for governor of New York Roosevelt wins the election by an overwhelming majority rights a reporter the victory is a tribute to his personal courage and to the determination of the woman standing beside him at the age of 44 Eleanor Roosevelt finds that the pattern of her life has changed she has become involved in a great many political organizations and charity projects and she discovers that the activity is exciting and stimulating never before as she felt needed by people outside of her home and family or Eleanor it is an exhilarating and rewarding experience Franklin Roosevelt reaches the peak of his political career in 1932 when he is nominated as the Democratic candidate for president of the United States Eleanor joins him if he campaigns across a depression wracked America seeking support for the New Deal or forceful woman she is no longer the awkward timid waifu campaign beside her husband a dozen years ago FDR is elected by one of the greatest majorities of modern time right Eleanor Roosevelt I was happy for my husband but for myself I was deeply troubled as I saw it this would mean the end of any personal life of my own once people discovered time-life books home repair and improvement series wipes filled with surprises surprise I finished the sky 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Roosevelt makes it clear that she intends to be more than a mere ornament on the White House reception line she is sent on a tour of the country by FDR he wants her to serve as his eyes and lays look at the clothes on the wash line he tells Eleanor look at the cars and see whether the house needs painting talk to the people and tell me what they're thinking she learns the problems of national labor organizations in her talks with union members and in the years to come she will actively support Labor's demands for improved working conditions she sees inadequate housing for the Aged during her tours and begins working on a program to remedy the problem she has an insatiable curiosity an inexhaustible supply of energy and a genuine affection for all kinds of people mrs. Roosevelt it was the best education I ever received I'm very sad to be back and we've had a perfectly delightful trip and enjoyed every minute of it she seems to be perpetually on the move writes a weary reporter traveling with her please make Eleanor time just for one day an accomplished horse woman sheep crowds an occasional morning ride into her hectic schedule in these days she recalls I was afraid to go to sleep for fear I would miss something her wide-ranging activities begin to involve her in controversial national issues when Marian Anderson is denied the right to sing in Constitution Hall because she is a negro Eleanor Roosevelt arranges for the concert to be held in front of the Lincoln Memorial the remainder of her life she will continue to be an outspoken champion in the cause of equal civil rights for all people she is called on by congressional committees to testify about her public statements and its route claims was our conception of how to care for the aging her formal education had prepared her only for acceptance in high society but the practical education of the past decade has given her a working knowledge about national and world affairs it is 1942 once again she has become the eyes and legs of FDR reporting to him not about a depression riddled nation but about a war-torn world traveling under the codename rover she visits combat areas and makes it a point to stop at every hospital says one battle toughened had broke watching the faces of those kids light up when she talked to the maid you know that she was the best medicine they could have had Franklin Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented fourth term as president late in 1944 but the strain of 12 years in the White House has already begun to tell on April 12 a terse tragic bulletin is issued from the White House Franklin Delano Roosevelt is dead as the nation mourns the passing of the President Eleanor Roosevelt attempts to put into words feelings that are deep and difficult to express of her husband she says if at the end one can say that this man used to the limit the powers that God granted him in order to achieve what he deemed to be his task then that life has been lived well and there are no regrets looking back over her own life of the past 12 years she adds I think I lived these years impersonally it was almost as if I had erected someone outside of myself but at last even that his open I am now on my own he tours refugee camps in post-war Europe appalled by the suffering she becomes more determined than ever to provide help for these people Eleanor Roosevelt is the driving force behind the Universal Declaration of Human Rights this Universal Declaration of Human Rights may well become the International Magna Carta of all men everywhere will hope its proclamation by the General Assembly will be an event comprable to the proclamation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man by the French people in 1789 adoption of the Bill of Rights by the people of the United States and the adoption of comparable declarations at different times in other countries dry up a peace lies behind this declaration the realization that the play grens violation of Human Rights by Nazi and fascist countries served the seeds that the last World War has supplied the impetus for the work man must have freedom in which to develop his full stature and through common effort to raise the level of human dignity she continues to travel restlessly across the nation and the world wherever she feels she can fill a need we'll lend a hand her warmth and sincerity inspire faith in the people she needs her genuine interest in their problems gives added meaning to her plea for Brotherhood and peace rights a friend in her womanliness she has a heart that never hardens a touch that never hurts and a smile that never times Oh controversy still swirls around her outspoken views on international relations she answers her critics by saying when I feel I am right it seems to me that I cannot afford as a self-respecting individual to refuse to do a thing it is a remarkable statement from a woman who once said I could not repeal for the thought of losing someone's love and attention in 1960 Eleanor Roosevelt is once again involved in a political campaign urging Democrats to nominate Adlai Stevenson for president her belief in and her support for him had not wavered through two unsuccessful campaigns he is she maintains the best man for the job Stevenson is defeated at the Democratic convention and Eleanor lends her support to the successful candidate John Kennedy this is the last time I'm ever going to campaign she insists after all next time I will be 80 and that would be absurd within a year however she will accept a kennedy appointment as a delegate to the United Nations she ruefully admits that it takes a great deal of effort to maintain her busy schedule and says with the trace of sadness I suppose I must slow down October 31st 1962 Adlai Stevenson is summoned to Eleanor Roosevelt's New York apartment he sadly tells reporters that she is bravely ill with a rare form of tuberculosis a week long bedside vigil ends on November 7 1962 Eleanor Roosevelt is dead at the age of 78 the entire world mourns the passing of Eleanor Roosevelt as a young girl she had sought affection and admiration at her death it is apparent that perhaps no individual in modern history is so universally admired and loved Adlai Stevenson delivers a final eloquent eulogy to Eleanor Roosevelt the sadness we share is enlivened by the faith in her fellow man and his future which filled the heart of this strong and gentle woman she imparted this faith not only to those who shared the privilege of knowing her and working by her side but to countless men women and children in every part of the world who loved her even as she loved them poor she embodied the vision and the will to achieve a world in which all men can walk in peace and dignity and to this goal of a better life she dedicated her tireless energy and the strange strength of her extraordinary personality she would rather light candles and curse the darkness and her glow had warned the world on April 23rd 1963 the President of the United States signs a congressional Act chattering the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation says President Kennedy an institution is the lengthened shadow of a great individual I am sure the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation will reflect the wisdom energy concern for the poor and advancement of public health economic welfare and international goodwill that mrs. Roosevelt showed throughout her life the foundation should cast a long shadow indeed a foundation dedicated to the ideals by which she lived is a fitting memorial for Eleanor Roosevelt she could never find contentment while others were in distress wrote Adlai Stevenson this was not sacrifice this for mrs. Roosevelt was the only meaningful way of life Mike Wallace for biography you

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Published: Tue Oct 06 2015