My name is Eleanor Roosevelt and I was born in New York, on October 11, 1884!

My childhood was a little hard. My mother passed away when I was only 8 years old and my father followed when i was 10.

When I turned fifteen my grandmother sent me to boarding school near London, England.

     At first I was scared, however the headmistress took a special interest in me.

 By the time I finished, I had gained confidence in myself. 

    I had learned a lot about myself and life. I returned home a new person.

When I came back to the United States, I started dating Franklin Roosevelt. He was a handsome man who was at Harvard University. 

We spent a lot of time together, we fell in love and got married on March 17, 1905. We had six children named Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., and John

Franklin had became a famous in politics. 

His goal was to become president but Franklin became very sick one summer with a disease called polio. He nearly died.
Franklin decided to stay in politics after his illness. I was ready to help him in any way I could. I became involved in a lot of organizations. I wanted to help poor people, black people, children, and women to have better lives.

Franklin D. Roosevelt became President of the United States on March 4, 1933. 

I was now the First Lady. 

The job of the First Lady had always been to host parties and entertain political leaders. 

I believed that I could do more than this.

I decided to travel around the country to see how people were doing. 

I traveled thousands and thousands of miles. 

I let my husband know where people needed help and where his programs were and weren't working.

When Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, Franklin had no choice but to declare war and enter World War II. 

I didn't stand still or stay at home in safety. I went to work for the Red Cross. I traveled to Europe and the South Pacific to visit the sick and the wounded and to let the troops know how much they were appreciated