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Eleanor Roosevelt: 1884-1920
| 1884 | Born in New York City, October 11th, to Elliott and Anna Hall Roosevelt | |||||||||
| 1891 |  Elliott (father)
succumbs to morphine and alcohol addictions and
becomes violent during family's European tourFamily commits him to asylum Hall Roosevelt (brother) born |
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| 1892 | Anna and
Elliott's secret reconciliation fails Anna dies Maternal grandmother Mary Ludlow Hall assumes custody of ER and her brothers |
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| 1894 | Elliott dies from alcoholism | |||||||||
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| 1902 | Leaves Allenswood to make her debut in New York | |||||||||
| 1903 | Becomes
engaged to Franklin D. Roosevelt, her fifth cousin
once removed, to the dismay of Sara Delano Roosevelt
(FDR's mother) � Joins National Consumers' League and investigates working conditions in garment industry � Joins Junior League and volunteers for Rivington Street Settlement House where she teaches calisthenics |
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| 1910 | Gives birth to
Elliott � Moves family to Albany after FDR elected to state senate � Later calls this time "the beginning of my independence" |
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| 1913 | Woodrow Wilson
becomes President, defeating TR and Taft � Moves to Washington, DC after FDR appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy � Hires Lucy Mercer as her social secretary |
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| 1918 | Works with the
D.C. Red Cross, the Navy Department, and Navy League
to help WWI servicemen � Discovers FDR's affair with Lucy Mercer, leaves FDR, but reconciles in fall � Accompanies FDR on tour of European naval installations and battlefields; attends Paris Peace Conference � Learns to drive � Congress ratifies the proposed woman suffrage amendment |
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| 1919 | Lobbies
Interior Department to improve conditions at St.
Elizabeth's Hospital �  Works as
translator at International Congress of Working Women
where she meets Rose Schneiderman and Maud
Schwartz� Volunteers at Saint Elizabeth's Hospital to work with shell shocked veterans � Grandmother Hall dies |
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| 1920 |
![[photo: ER, Louis Howe, and E. Presinol, 1920]](images/er_howe_presinol1920_t.jpg) Campaigns with
FDR, now the Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee� Begins close friendship with FDR advisor Louis Howe � Joins League of Women Voters; chairs Legislative Affairs Committee � Begins public speaking � Aunt Pussie dies � Woman suffrage amendment passes |
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