Eleanor Roosevelt had unique qualities that allowed her to be an effective leader. Her actions and writing affected twentieth century American politics, society and economy. Eleanor is know as one of the most influential women of the twentieth century. Her legacy is one that reflects ambitions and ideals worthy of all people.
Eleanor Roosevelt typified the realization of the dreams of the female crusaders of the 20th Century , who threw off the restrictions of the Victorian age. Eleanor Roosevelt had a vision of a united world. For someone who never held elective office Eleanor Roosevelt wielded a great deal of power. The honesty with which she told us, of the long path she traveled to free herself from fear and prejudice and became an independent person has placed her in a special arena reserved for shapers of the human spirit.
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