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A Short Biography of Eleanor Roosevelt

Author Name:

Eleanor Roosevelt

Born As:

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

Other Names:

Born:

10 Oct 1884

Died:

7 Nov 1962




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Writer, social activist and First Lady                          
                                              
Husband Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. - twenty-sixth President of the United States - six children, five survived infancy: Anna Eleanor, James, Franklin Delano, Jr. (born and died in 1909), Elliott, Franklin Delano and John Aspinwall.                                              
Eleanor received 35 honorary degrees during her life, compared to 31 awarded to her husband. Her first, a Doctor of Humane Letters or D.H.L. on June 13, 1929, was also the first honorary degree awarded by Russell Sage College in Troy, New York. Her last was a Doctor of Laws, LL.D. degree granted by what is now Clark Atlanta University in June 1962.
In 1968, she was awarded one of the United Nations Human Rights Prizes. There was an unsuccessful campaign to award her a posthumous Nobel Peace Prize; however, a posthumous nomination has never been considered for the award.                                              
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was Franklin D. Roosevelt fifth cousin once removed.