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Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady to the World

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             Eleanor came back to America at the age of seventeen after two years in England. "One summer day" (Graves 22) while Eleanor was riding on a train to New York City, a "handsome young man" (Graves 22) approached her. It was her distant cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt. Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) and young Eleanor spend a lot of time together. FDR "was a student at Harvard. He loved outdoor sports such as tennis and sailing." (Graves 24) Not two years went by before FDR proposed to Eleanor, who happily agreed. The wedding was postponed though, due to FDR's mother, who "thought they were too young." (Graves 24) It was not until 1904 that "Mrs. Roosevelt let them announce their engagement." (Graves 24) During this time, Eleanor's uncle Ted was elected to serve four more years as President. Both Eleanor and FDR were invited to the ceremony as Ted was sworn President. "Two weeks later Eleanor and FDR were married." (Graves 27) President Roosevelt gave up Eleanor on her wedding day. FDR's mother gave them a house in New York City where she also had a home. Eleanor soon conceived their first-born daughter, Anna Eleanor. The very next year the Roosevelt's had a son, named James after FDR's father. Two years after James birth another son was conceived, but a few months after he died of health issues. .
             FDR worked in a "law office." (Graves 30) but after only a couple of months he resigned and decided to go into politics. "Franklin ran for the state senator of New York on the Democratic ticket, but no one thought he had much of a chance to win." The election was close, but Franklin came on top. In 1912, he helped Woodrow Wilson run for President and Wilson made FDR the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. "While FDR was Secretary of the Navy the Roosevelt's had two more children: Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. and John.
             In 1917, America entered WWI on the allies side and "Eleanor did a great deal of war work.


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