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Many precedents of how a first lady should behave had been set by former First Ladies, but Eleanor broke all of those rules by traveling about the country, holding press conferences, and giving her opinion in her daily column, “My Day.” |
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After her husband died in 1945, she seemed to retire to a cottage manor in Hyde Park. Only a year after Franklin's death, she became an American spokeswoman in the United Nations. She worked energetically until 1962, when her strength began to go downhill. In November 1962, Eleanor Roosevelt died and was buried alongside her husband at their home in Hyde Park. |
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A woman is like a tea bag- you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.
~Eleanor Roosevelt~
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If you would like to see a whole web site on Eleanor Roosevelt, Click below:
http://personalweb.smcvt.edu/smahady/ercover.html
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