Questions and Answers About Eleanor Roosevelt

When did Eleanor Roosevelt live?
Who were her parents?
Why did ER live with her grandmother?
What was ER's educational background?
How was ER related to Theodore Roosevelt?
How was ER related to FDR?
When did ER and FDR meet, court and fall in love?
When did ER and FDR marry?
How many children did Eleanor and Franklin have?
Where did ER and FDR live?
Where did ER live after the White House?
What was ER's relationship with Sara Delano Roosevelt?
Who were the people who had the most influence on her life?
How political was ER before FDR contracted polio?
How did ER help advance FDR's career after he contracted polio? What political and professional activities did she pursue?
What political and professional activities did ER engage in while FDR was governor?
What is Val-Kill and why is it so important to ER?
Why is ER often called the "reluctant first lady?"
Why is ER often called "FDR's eyes and ears?" Is it a complete description?
What New Deal policies did ER influence?
What did ER do during World War II?
How did ER contribute to FDR's four presidential campaigns?
How did she support herself? Did ER get paid for her writings and her speeches?
What is "My Day" and why is it important?
What else did ER write?
How did ER handle her mail?
Why did ER refuse to run for office?
What positions did ER hold after the White House?
What did ER do at the United Nations?
What role did ER play in the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
Why is ER's FBI file so large?
Where are ER's papers?

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Recommended citation:

The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers. Teaching Eleanor Roosevelt, ed. by Allida Black, June Hopkins, et. al. (Hyde Park, New York: Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, 2003). http://www.nps.gov/elro/teaching.htm [Accessed (supply date here)].

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