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Eleanor Roosevelt

American diplomat and activist, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1884–1962)

  • Fame77.7
  • Momentum1.4
  • Politicians rank#180
Source-basedStable
  • Fame77.7
  • Momentum1.4
  • Politicians rank#180
  • Wikipedia138.4K
Lived 1884–1962, aged 78United States
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  • Wikipedia
    100 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1884–1962
    Aged 78
  • Known for
    To End All War: Oppenh…
    2023
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

She turned first lady into a public force—press conferences, a daily column, a radio show—then spent the second act writing the world's first attempt at universal human rights, a document adopted by the UN in 1948 to a standing ovation.

Biography

About

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born October 11, 1884, into the prominent Roosevelt and Livingston families, a niece of Theodore Roosevelt, but her childhood was marked by the deaths of both parents and a brother. At 15 she studied at Allenswood Boarding Academy in London under the formative influence of its director Marie Souvestre. She married her fifth cousin once removed, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in 1905 and bore six children between 1906 and 1916, one dying in infancy. The marriage fractured in 1918 when she discovered Franklin's affair with her social secretary, Lucy Mercer; after mediation…

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In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt
said
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
— Preface (December 1960) to The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt (1961), p. xix
Eleanor Roosevelt
said
We have to face the fact that either all of us are going to die together or we are going to learn to live together and if we are to live together we have to talk.
— The New York Times (1960), as cited in The Beacon Book of Quotations by Women (1992) by Rosalie Maggio, p. 156
Eleanor Roosevelt
said
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
— Voice of America broadcast (11 November 1951)
Eleanor Roosevelt
said
Understanding is a two-way street.
— As quoted in Modern Quotations for Ready Reference (1947) by Arthur Richmond, p. 455
Eleanor Roosevelt
said
Do what you feel in your heart to be right — for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be "damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
— As quoted in How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1944; 1948) by Dale Carnegie; though Roosevelt has sometimes been credited with the
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Fame
Stable
77.7
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum1.4
Historical29.0
Now attention15.5
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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Category rank
#180
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    High confidence
  • Pantheon 2.0
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    High confidence