Schimmel
Eleanor Roosevelt
Study Guide
1.
Authority: The right to lead and make decisions
2.
Campaign: time in which those running for office try to convince people to vote
for them.
3.
Governor: person elected head of a state in the United States
4.
Human Rights: the rights, or freedoms, that all humans deserve to have
5.
Immigrant: a person who comes into a country from another country to live
6.
Issues: subjects voters make choices about
7.
Tolerance: Respecting the beliefs and practices of others.
•
Born in New York, New York in 1884.
•
Eleanor was born to a wealthy family in New York.
•
When Eleanor was 15 she went to school in England.
•
When Eleanor came back to New York she helped immigrants to learn
how to read.
•
She married her distant cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt. They shared
many of the same views and ideas.
•
Her husband was so busy she decided to become involved in
organizing and fund raising.
•
Eleanor’s husband ran for President and won!
•Eleanor’s husband, Franklin, became ill with polio and became
paralyzed.
•As First Lady, Eleanor would travel a lot helping her husband.
She was called the “eyes and ears” of the president.
•Eleanor wrote a daily newspaper article called My Day. Her
article told what she did every day and what she was thinking
about.
• Eleanor worked hard for the rights for African Americans.
Roosevelt even quit a club she belonged to because they would
not let Marian Anderson (an African American singer) play for an
event.
•When Eleanor’s husband died she continued working hard for
human rights.
•Eleanor helped create an organization called the “United
Nations” (UN). This organization was made to help keep peace
among the nations.
•Eleanor had many jobs after being the First Lady. She started
teaching at a college and became the United States
Representative for the United Nations.
•First Ladies are now expected to work for important causes
because of Eleanor’s work.