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Eleanor Roosevelt

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Eleanor Roosevelt

1884–1962

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1884
Birth

American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States (d. 1962)

October 11 →
1905
Event

Franklin D. Roosevelt married his distant cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt, in New York City. President Theodore Roosevelt, FDR's fifth cousin, gave his niece away.

March 17 →
1962
Death

First Lady of the United States (b. 1884)

November 7 →

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