Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11, 1884 in New York City. She was one of the most honest women in the White House. She changed the role of being the first lady. While Franklin Roosevelt was the president, Eleanor gave press conferences and wrote newspaper columns. Franklin Roosevelt was president from March 4, 1933 to April 12, 1945.
Eleanor was shy as a child. She experienced huge losses. Her mother died in 1892 and her father died in 1894. Eleanor was only ten. Then she was sent to England to learn as a teenager. In 1905, Eleanor married Franklin D. Roosevelt, a distant cousin. The couple had six children. Their names were Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Junior, and John. Even though Eleanor was a busy woman,
