On October 1,, 1884, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City to Anna Hall and Elliott Roosevelt. As Eleanor was growing up, her mother, a society beauty, was disappointed in her homely, shy daughter and favored Eleanor’s two younger brothers. Eleanor adored her affectionate father, Elliott Roosevelt, but he was an alcoholic and also not at home very much. By the time Eleanor was ten, both parents had died and she was living with her strict Grandmother Hall.
When Eleanor was fifteen…
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