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    Professor Brienza-Larsen Introduction to Eleanor Roosevelt A. Leaderships from the first lady and skills that are required to become the best possible leader in anything you choose. B. Eleanor was our First Lady at 48 years old. (4 March 1933- 12 April 1945). C. To define what a leader should possess and portray in the field of their study. D. Who is Eleanor Roosevelt and what made her a leader‚ my field of study and why I choose this career‚ and

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    Eleanor Roosevelt was a honest person who had responsibility and compassion towards her husband ‚ family and her fellow man‚ whatever their social status. She used great citizenship and initiative actions in dealing with anyone who was fortunate enough to make her acquaintance. Eleanor Roosevelt is an outspoken advocate of social justice. During the years she has taken over a lot of responsibility. For someone who spent thefirst third of her life as shy and timid‚ she showed great courage

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    ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: A LIFE OF LEADERSHIP Introduction The legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt is essentially contested. To many‚ her role as First Lady‚ delegate to the UN‚ Democratic Party member‚ humanitarian and social activist immortalized her as "the conscience of the nation". However critics - deriding her as a "gadfly" and an "unfit woman" - cite many flaws in her leadership capacity. Roosevelt was never elected to office. She was reluctant to assume the responsibilities of being the First

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    Jr. •  Susan B. Anthony •  Eleanor Roosevelt •  Andrew Jackson Eleanor Roosevelt Born into a select group of families known as New York Society‚ Eleanor Roosevelt would become known for her compassion for all human kind‚ regardless of race‚ religion‚ sex or economic status. She would dedicate her life to fighting for the rights of women and children‚ blacks and Jews‚ Americans and people from other countries‚ and senior citizens and the common worker. Eleanor would change the way the country

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    Eleanor Roosevelt: An Activist for Powerful Causes Eleanor Roosevelt once said‚ "In the long run‚ we shape our lives‚ and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility." Roosevelt lived this phrase vividly in her own life‚ as she actively worked for major causes until the day she died. Working constantly to further the women’s movement and foreign relations‚ along with sharing information via the media to the public‚ Eleanor

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    ANNA ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ROOSEVELT Birth: 11 October 1884 New York City‚ New York Father: Elliott Roosevelt‚ born 28 February 1860‚ New York City‚ New York; heir (although he held no salaried work position‚ he was called a “sportsman” by his daughter Eleanor Roosevelt‚ indicating his occupation of big game hunting‚ his letters about which were later edited and published by her); in his early adulthood he was listed by title as junior partner in a real estate firm‚ and in 1892‚ a brief

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    Eleanor Roosevelt‚ The Social Worker As the wife of a popular United States president‚ Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City‚ October 11‚ 1884‚ and died November 7‚ 1962. She was an active worker for social causes. She was the niece of President Theodore Roosevelt‚ and was raised by her maternal grandmother after the premature death of her parents. In 1905 she married her cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt. They had six children‚ but one of them died in infancy. Although she

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    Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11‚ 1884‚ to a prominent family in New York City. After her parents died‚ she was taken in by her grandmother and educated at the best schools. Eleanor Roosevelt was deeply influenced by her feminist headmistress Marie Souvestre at Allenwood Academy in London. Eleanor Roosevelt is best known for being the wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ the thirty-second president of the United States‚ and the First Lady of the United States‚ however she is also well known

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    Eleanor Roosevelt‚ a Progressive Liberator As Eleanor unfolds her husbands clothes‚ she notices something‚ something that is not right. Opening up his suitcase and the aroma of the perfume comes out at her‚ a fragrance that she has never smelled before. She then finds and unravels a bunch of letters from her own secretary‚ Lucy Mercer. She is speechless. Everything suddenly isn’t clear to her anymore. She ponders why do the people she loves the most‚ end up always deserting her. (“Franklin’s Affair

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    Hernandez 1 Hernandez 1 On October 11‚ 1884‚ a remarkable individual whom would later be considered one of the world’s most influential women was born. Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York to her parents Anna Hall Roosevelt and Elliot Roosevelt. With her blue eyes and light brown hair‚ she would warm the heart of every individual she came across. She grew to be five feet and eleven inches‚ which to this day makes her the tallest first lady. With regards

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