Anna Eleanor Roosevelt l n r r o z v l t October 11, 1884 November 7, 1962 was an American politician, diplomat, and activist. She was the longestserving First Lady of the United States, holding the post from March 1933 to April 1945 during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelts four terms in office, and served as United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952. President Harry S. Truman later called her the First Lady of the World in tribute to her human rights achievements.

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born at 56 West 37th Street in New York City, to socialites Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt 18601894 and Anna Rebecca Hall 18631892. From an early age, she preferred to be called by her middle name Eleanor. Through her father, she was a niece of President Theodore T.R. Roosevelt, Jr. 18581919. Through her mother, she was a niece of tennis champions Valentine Gill Vallie Hall III 18671934 and Edward Ludlow Hall 18721932. She acted in such an oldfashioned manner as a child that her mother nicknamed her Granny.Eleanor had two younger brothers Elliott Jr. 18891893 and Hall 18911941. She also had a half brother, Elliott Roosevelt Mann c. 18901941, through her fathers affair with Katy Mann, a servant employed by the family. Roosevelt was born into a world of immense wealth and privilege, as her family was part of New York high society called the swells. ........

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