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A legendary life
Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
1884 – 1962
Diplomat, activist, and longest-serving First Lady of the United States.
Her story
A life that changed history
Eleanor Roosevelt transformed the public role of First Lady during Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms. She later served as a United States delegate to the United Nations General Assembly and became a central international advocate for human rights.
“In political life I have never felt that anything really mattered but the satisfaction of knowing that you stood for the things in which you believed, and had done the best you could.”
My Day column, 8 November 1944