• When did Eleanor Roosevelt live?
   
• Who were her parents?
   
• Why did ER live with her grandmother?
   
• What was ER's educational background?
   
• How was ER related to Theodore Roosevelt?
   
• How was ER related to FDR?
   
• When did ER and FDR meet, court and fall in love?
   
• When did ER and FDR marry?
   
• How many children did Eleanor and Franklin have?
   
• Where did ER and FDR live?
   
• Where did ER live after the White House?
   
• What was ER's relationship with Sara Delano Roosevelt?
   
• Who were the people who had the most influence on her life?
   
• How political was ER before FDR contracted polio?
   
• How did ER help advance FDR's career after he contracted polio? What political and professional activities did she pursue?
   
• What political and professional activities did ER engage in while FDR was governor?
   
• What is Val-Kill and why is it so important to ER?
   
• Why is ER often called the "reluctant first lady?"
   
• Why is ER often called "FDR's eyes and ears?" Is it a complete description?
   
• What New Deal policies did ER influence?
   
• What did ER do during World War II?
   
• How did ER contribute to FDR's four presidential campaigns?
   
• How did she support herself? Did ER get paid for her writings and her speeches?
   
• What is "My Day" and why is it important?
   
• What else did ER write?
   
• How did ER handle her mail?
   
• Why did ER refuse to run for office?
   
• What positions did ER hold after the White House?
   
• What did ER do at the United Nations?
   
• What role did ER play in the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
   
• Why is ER's FBI file so large?
   
• Where are ER's papers?
   

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This educational program was prepared by The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers
with funding from the GE Fund through Save America's Treasures.