The Great Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt; an American politician, writer, activist, and wife of the 32nd United

States President, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Eleanor played many key roles during the 1930s

entering the 1940s. She was married to Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1905 and became the First Lady

of the United States on March 4, 1933 to April 12, 1945. She was a very open-hearted, generous,

and compassionate person. In 1933, when Eleanor became the First Lady, she struggled to find

an acceptable role in the administration.

In the beginning, the first year of Eleanor being the First Lady, she monitored the

National Recovery Administration and the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Projects

and sponsored the White House Conference on the Emergency Needs of Women. In her first

year writing in the White House, Eleanor earned $75,000 from her lectures and writing, most of

which she gave to charity. Roosevelt maintained a heavy travel schedule in her twelve years in

the White House. She frequently made personal appearances at labor meetings to assure

Depression-era workers that the White House was mindful of their plight, observed social

conditions, and reminded her husband about the nation’s peoples’ suffering. She persuaded him

to even establish women to government positions.

Next, Eleanor joined and helped many organizations such as DC Chapters of the National

Urban League and NAACP, The American Newspaper Guild, and more. She had even helped

create organizations. In 1935, Eleanor helped create the Federal Writer, Artist, Music, and

Theater Projects and The National Youth Administration. Eleanor was a very generous person as

taking time out of her day and life to help many organizations and people.

Lastly, Roosevelt is a very tough lady. She suffered from depression multiple times. The

worst one