ELA Eleanor Roosevelt

What Events in her early life caused Eleanor to become withdrawn?

Her mother, father, and a brother all died in the span of eighteen months. Her grandmother did not treat her with love. People made fun of her looks.

What important job did Eleanor accept after her husband the president's death? What other kinds of work did she do in her later years?

She became a delegate to the United Nations representing the United States. She continued to write her column, taught children with special needs, and raised money for the poor.

What did Eleanor do on her own when she returned from Allenswood to live the life of a wealthy woman?

She began to work at the Rivington Street Settlement House helping the poor.

what did Eleanor want her husband Franklin Roosevelt to do after he was stricken with polio? How did her life change because of her husband's illness?

She wanted him to continue to work in public life and not be treated like a sick person. She changed her own life by making speeches and working to keep her husband in the public eye.

How did Eleanor's boarding-school classmates in Allenswood treat her?

with admiration and respect