Eleanor Roosevelt By: Laura Mucha Eleanor Roosevelt was an amazing woman. She had a difficult childhood, but over came that to be the best first lady the world has ever seen.

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3 Facts about Eleanor Roosevelt Her mother did not love her because she thought she was not beautiful. Her father adored her but was a severe alcoholic, and both parents died when she was young, so she was raised by her Grandmother Hall. Her father’s brother, Theodore Roosevelt, became the 26 th president of the U.S.A. The two men she admired most were her father, Elliot, and her husband Franklin, because they shared the same qualities, and both changed her life.