Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, An Activist For Women's Rights

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She was often a spokeswoman and activist for the rights of diverse and underprivileged people with different backgrounds whether it be gender, race or class. She was a generous woman and also fought for racial, political, and social justice. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born October 11, 1884 in New York City, New York. She was the daughter of Anna Rebeca Hall and Elliott Roosevelt, the younger brother of Theodore Roosevelt, and was the eldest child of five kids. Her parents died when she was only nine years and ten months old and that’s when she went under the care of her maternal grandmother. By the time she became a teenager, she attended Allenswood Academy, an all girls private school in London. Attending the school helped to draw her out