Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

POLITICAL WIFE

The longest serving First Lady in US History and feminist icon who was known for her humanitarian efforts. In her long career in politics, she fought for an expanded role of women in the workplace, the civil rights of African-Americans, and the rights of World War II veterans and refugees.
  • When was
    Eleanor Roosevelt born?

    Eleanor Roosevelt was born on Saturday, October 11, 1884

  • Where was
    Eleanor Roosevelt born?

    Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City, NY

  • How old is
    Eleanor Roosevelt?

    Eleanor Roosevelt is 139


Best Quotes

  • You are wonderful. I love and honor you.... [ellipsis in source] Lead your own life, attend to your charities, cultivate yourself, travel when...
  • You need not be proud of me.... I'm only being active till you can be again—it isn't such a great desire on my part to serve the world and I...
  • This will not be disloyalty but will show that as members of a party they are loyal first to the fine things for which the party stands and wh...
  • The basis of world peace is the teaching which runs through almost all the great religions of the world. 'Love thy neighbor as thyself.' Chris...
  • Organize first for knowledge, first with the object of making us know ourselves as a nation, for we have to do that before we can be of value ...
  • On the whole our armed services have been doing pretty well in the way of keeping us defended, but I hope our State Department will remember t...
  • I was perfectly certain that I had nothing to offer of an individual nature and that my only chance of doing my duty as the wife of a public o...
  • Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.
  • A society in which everyone works is not necessarily a free society and may indeed be a slave society; on the other hand, a society in which t...
  • ... all big changes in human history have been arrived at slowly and through many compromises.
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