Eleanor Roosevelt Is one of the most influential individuals of the 19th century, female or otherwise. Eleanor’s emergence as a public figure began when her grandmother sent her to Allenswood Academy in London in 1899. While there Eleanor began to study under Mademoiselle Marie Souvestre, a woman much like Eleanor herself. Souvestre introduced a new world of knowledge to Eleanor, discussing history and the affairs of foreign nations inspiring new beliefs and perspectives. The three years that Eleanor spent at Allenswood were the greatest years of her non adult life. Eleanor was finally able to be free from the social pressures of aristocracy allowing her to focus on things that she enjoyed and excelled at. Allenswood was also where Eleanor learned to express her opinions on controversial topics and policies clearly and to persuade others. Eleanor spent her summers traveling Europe with Mademoiselle Souvestre, who guided Eleanor through both the wealthy and the poor areas of the nations they visited giving Eleanor a perspective she had never had, along with something else Eleanor never had, independence.
In 1902 Eleanor returns to the states armed with new courage and aspirations. She joins the National Consumers League and volunteers as a teacher for a College. Her commitments to these activities soon begin to attract the…show more content… Once again Eleanor utilizes Franklin’s opportunity as her own. Eleanor tosses herself into the election basking in the routine political decisions. After losing the election the Roosevelt’s return to New York. Eleanor, dreading a return to her life as a homemaker Eleanor quickly joins the Women's City Club, the National Consumers League, the Women's Division of the Democratic State Committee, and the New York chapters of the League of Women Voters and the Women's Trade Union League. Eleanor quickly became the League of Women Voters vice-chairman months
