The wit and wisdom of Eleanor Roosevelt

Phoebe Parke, for CNN

Updated 1446 GMT (2246 HKT) January 5, 2015

Franklin Delano Roosevelt courts Eleanor Roosevelt on Campobello Island, 1904.
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12 poignant quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt – Franklin Delano Roosevelt courts Eleanor Roosevelt on Campobello Island, 1904.
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Eleanor Roosevelt in Hyde Park, New York, 1920.
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12 poignant quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt – Eleanor Roosevelt in Hyde Park, New York, 1920.
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Roosevelt making an address at the headquarters of the American Red Cross at Washington DC appealing for donations to a Red Cross War Relief drive in 1940.
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12 poignant quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt – Roosevelt making an address at the headquarters of the American Red Cross at Washington DC appealing for donations to a Red Cross War Relief drive in 1940.
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