The name Roosevelt is known by just about everyone in the U.S. From Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, who was president from 1901-1909, to Franklin D. Roosevelt, who served as president from 1933 to 1945. FDR was famous for numerous things such as the fact that he is the only president who served more than two terms and brought about policies such as Social Security.
Another Roosevelt who is arguably just as well-known is FDR’s wife, Eleanor.
Born Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on Oct. 11, 1884, in New York City to Elliott Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s brother, and Anna Hall, Eleanor was a shy child. She lost both her parents by the
