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Eleanor Roosevelt's Childhood
I am going to be talking about Eleanor Roosevelt. I will be writing about her childhood and some of the thing she did growing up. I will also be writing about how she got to where she was. Some of the things she did affected the world in a good way because she's a very kind and caring person.
Eleanor Roosevelt was born October 11 1884 in New York City, NY. She was the first born child in her family then came three boys. As a kid growing up she was always sad and lonely. Her own mother called her a granny and other kids use to call her an ugly duckling. Her father was the only one who really cared about her until he became an alcoholic and left when she was four. Then two years later her mother passed away. Then another two years passed when

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