Part one of term paper
was one of the nations most respected First Lady's this nation has ever known. She was born into the high society life in New York City on October 11, 1884. She was named after her mother Anna. Her father, Elliot, was a struggling alcoholic, and her childhood was very unhappy. Despite it all though, Eleanor and Elliot were very close. Sh ...

Part two of term paper
... be the same in Eleanor's life. Around Eleanor's eighth birthday, her mother was put into the hospital to be treated for an unknown illness. Shortly after an operation, she contracted diphtheria and died. Anna Roosevelt had left in her will that she wanted her children to be raised by their grandmother, Mary Hall. Upon living with her grandmother, she was reunited with her father. He had stopped his drinking, and wanted to be back in Eleanor's life. He wrote her often, for at this time he w ...