The Contributions of Eleanor Roosevelt Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City on October 11, 1884. She was one of America's great reforming leaders who had a sustained impact on national policy toward youth, blacks, women, the poor, and the United Nations. As the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, she was one of the most active First Ladies as well as an important public personality in her own right. When Eleanor Roosevelt traveled to …showed first 75 words of 1406 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1406 total…supposedly exist, some leaders are afraid or refuse to speak out against injustice. Yet, during a time when one's life could have possibly been on the line, Eleanor, in a god-like spirit spurred on, battling for human rights. Bibliography Bibliography Cook, B. W. Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume 1, 1884-1933 (1992) Hoff-Wilson, J.and Lightman, M., eds., Without Precedent (1984) Lash, J. P. Eleanor and Franklin (1971) and Eleanor (1972 repr. 1985) Zinn, Howard. A People's History of the United States. NewYork: HarperCollins 1980.