Biography Of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Fig. 1) was born on January 30th of 1882 around Hyde Park, New York. He was born and raised into a life of prosperity and pleasure. His father was James Roosevelt, an entrepreneur on the side and a nobleman on the other. Roosevelt’s mother, Sara Delano, was a very determined mother. Franklin was their only child and grew up to be very successful and had the equal attention from both his parents. Around the age of 14, Roosevelt was tutored at home. After that, he was an incoming freshman at Harvard University in 1900. He became a very social man which was very helpful in the long-run.
Just after graduating in 1904, Roosevelt became engaged to Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. Then the following year they married becoming a happy couple. Roosevelt became more self-assured; from Eleanor, Roosevelt learned to have an understanding for the issues of the disadvantaged. Later, within the following years, Roosevelt wen to
This left his legs unable to move and brought deep sadness for him. Eleanor and his colleague, Louis Howe, pushed Roosevelt to keep going and stay vigorous in politics. Their steadfast support kept Roosevelt’s spirit up and kept the hope in the back of his head that one day he’ll be healed. Ongoing through his presidency he tried not to show pain to be a strong leader, because he thought that was important in his values.
He spent almost all of the 1920’s trying to regain his strength and trying to walk again at a rehabilitation spa in Georgia. The physical therapy he received there, allowed him to move himself with a wheelchair and stand with the support of steel leg braces. Roosevelt rarely discussed the hardship he was facing, he was a very image- conscious and put forth effort in what he wanted to do. With exception for the event in 1924 when he went to the democratic National Convention and walked painfully, trying to regain his strength in his