Roosevelt, [Anna] Eleanor(nee Roosevelt)

US diplomat, Democratic politician, and reform

1905 - Married Franklin Roosevelt

1933 - Became first lady

1948 - main drafter of Universal Declaration of Human Rights

1961 - Met JFK

niece of Theodore Roosevelt

• "Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Remember to lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president. Be sure not to get too fat, because you'll have to sit three in the back seat."
• "Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Remember to lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president. Be sure not to get too fat, because you'll have to sit three in the back seat."
• "An excellent play ... but I have no feeling of reality about it. It had no more to do with me than the man in the moon."
• "People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built."
• "Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't."