Eleanor Roosevelt Research Paper

“Behind every great man is a great woman” There are many well known or famous couples that are being looked at in the world for what they are doing. A famous couple that people knew in history was Franklin Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt. Everything that Franklin Roosevelt did, Eleanor always had a big part in something to deal with it too. Eleanor Roosevelt was probably the main one to help Franklin Roosevelt come up with the ideas and help make them work. The quote “Behind every great man is a great woman” is true because everyone knows that man are great, but many people do not see that the woman is as great as a man is. Back in the day, people use to think that men were the only ones that worked hard. People never saw that woman
“Eleanor Roosevelt became one of the most influential people in America” (Ember). She fought in what she believed in what was right. She fought for equal rights for everyone in the world.” In nineteen twenty-two, she became part of the Women 's Trade Union League” (Griffith). She traveled across the world and gave speeches about Franklin Roosevelt and talked about the New Deal program. A main thing that Eleanor Roosevelt was involved with was getting equal rights for black Americans. The Pearl Harbor happened on December 7, 1941, which during this time Franklin Roosevelt was still the president. Due to the Pearl Harbor attack the United States had to enter War World 2. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor because they wanted some of the United Sates territory. “Eleanor Roosevelt called on people to urge their government to work for peace after the war was over” (Griffith). The Boston Tea Party happened in 1776, which came then the Wall Street crash that led up to Franklin Roosevelt’s plan in creating the New Deal. “This brought in various types of programs that included relief, recovery, and reform” (History).” Franklin Roosevelt led the United States from isolationism to victory over Nazi Germany and its allies in World War II” (History). “By 1950, the United States found itself embroiled in the Korean War”
Eleanor and her friends built a colonial Dutch revival cottage that was in stone in 1925. Later it became a factory and it was intended to hire people that were jobless in that local area. Eleanor Roosevelt did all of these things while Franklin Roosevelt was president and this shows that “Behind every great man is a great woman”.

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