Little Legends
Storybook portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt

1884 – 1962

Eleanor Roosevelt

A shy girl who grew up to speak for people all around the world.

The Story

Eleanor was very shy when she was little, but she loved to help others.

When her husband Franklin became president, she became the First Lady.

She traveled everywhere — to coal mines, to army hospitals, to schools.

She listened to people no one else was listening to, and told the president what she learned.

Later she helped write a promise for the whole world about human rights.

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