I: “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” (National First Ladies’ Library, 2015) She was one of the most respected first ladies in the nation. As a young girl she was always shy, but the time she left the White House she had grown as a person. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt influenced many lives and accomplished numerous feats. From the time she was a young kid to the time she was laying in her deathbed, Eleanor Roosevelt left a mark on America. II. A: The early life of Eleanor Roosevelt was very chaotic. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11th, 1884 in New York City. Her parents were Elliot Roosevelt and Anna Hall. Eleanor had two siblings named Elliot and Grace Hall. She even had a half-brother named Elliot …show more content…
D: On December 7th, 1941, the United States declared war on Japan which led to them joining World War II. She considered working with Red Cross in Europe but her husbands’ advisors told her not to because she could get captured. Sadly, her fight for domestic justice was put on hold due to the war happening over seas. She allowed immigration for European Refugees from the War. Eleanor even got political refugee for eighty-three Jews but her biggest regret was not making Franklin accept more Jew refugees. Eleanor tried to make things run as smoothly as possible back home. At home, she co-chaired the Office of Civilian Defense with Fiollero H. LaGuardia. With this office, she worked to give civilian volunteers more roles for war preparations. Eleanor toured England in 1942 and she visited American troops as well as British troops. Her visits gave the soldiers hope and it gave the U.S. and the U.K. a lot of press. Once again at home, she increased roles for women in the war preparation and even African Americans. She supported the Tuskagee airmen for being the first African American pilots and flew with them in an airplane to show her support. Eleanor supported the Morgenthau Plan, which was a plan to de-industrialized Germany post the war. (Freedman,