© Getty Images			Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Eleanor Roosevelt, born in New York City, is most famous for being the wife of President Franklin Roosevelt. In her own right, she was also one of the most active and important First Ladies. She worked for social reform which would help the poor, American blacks, Native Americans, women, and children. She was a Delegate to the United Nations, and helped write the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. During the Great Depression, she helped develop projects which would help artists of all types find jobs. She died in New York City in 1962, at the age of 78.

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Eleanor Roosevelt Source: Eleanor Roosevelt, 2005 Accession Number: 18011397 Lexile: 1170 Database(s): History Reference Center, Book Collection: Nonfiction, Middle Search Plus, MAS Ultra-School Edition

Eleanor Roosevelt Source: Time Accession Number: 440541 Lexile: 1240 Database(s): Middle Search Plus, MAS Ultra-School Edition

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Questions Regarding the Success of the United Nations Source: Essential Speeches, 2003, p0, 1p Accession Number: 8868498 Lexile: 1070 Database(s): Middle Search Plus, MAS Ultra-School Edition

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Eleanor Roosevelt Speaks Out - 1943 Source: Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century Accession Number: 0499 Database(s): History Reference Center

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