The Young Eleanor Roosevelt

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York in 1884, the daughter of Anna Hall Roosevelt and Elliott Roosevelt, the younger brother of future president Theodore Roosevelt.
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York in 1884, the daughter of Anna Hall Roosevelt and Elliott Roosevelt, the younger brother of future president Theodore Roosevelt.

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