Eleanor Roosevelt

About the Book

This book is about Eleanor´s humanitarianism and her fight for social justice. She started out early in life as an orphan by the age of eleven. Sent to her grandmother´s home, she then was sent to England to a finishing school for girls. Here she met an extraordinary teacher, Mlle. Souvestre, who opened the world for her to see and experience. Her teacher promoted self awareness and ´think for yourself´ attitude to help women become more sustained in their own lives. Once she finished school after three years, Eleanor came back to New York to have her coming out party for high society. Here she met FDR once more since childhood. They started to get to know one another and soon found they were in love and dating. They married in March of 1903 even though FDR´s mother Sara did not approve. However, Eleanor did many things to help the many men, women, and children of Rivington Street in New York. She took FDR down there before they were married and this I believe helped to fuel the injustice in the world seen by Eleanor and FDR, allowing them to make the wrongs right as best as they could. This in turn follows segregation of all levels and including the military, helping the disabled, children of all ages, refugees including those running from Nazi Germany during the Holocaust, and many other reasons to state. The book highlights on some of her work that she did alone, with FDR and with some women friends whom she became very close with over the years. I hope that people would be intrigued enough to read about this extraordinary woman whose work and ideals are still sought after and followed to this day. Thank you. Crystal Roberts

About the Author

Born in Oregon (1974), I graduated from Ontario High School in 1992. I was not a good student then and never really liked school. I tried college two times and dropped out. My third time at Modesto Junior College in 2003 was an experience I will never forget. I took my first history class and the spark was lit. I found my passion in teaching, history, and writing. My interest in writing started in the undergraduate program at Brandman University, formerly known as Chapman University. Now I am pursuing a Master’s degree in history from American Military University in the hopes of teaching, to keep writing on subjects that inspire me as well as educate others, and the hope of inspiring others to reach far above themselves and follow their dreams to the career that completes them entirely. I firmly believe that one should not give up on themselves or their dreams; you never know where your inspiration will come from.