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Eleanor Roosevelt

1884 - 1962

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt ( EL-in-or ROH-zə-velt; October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving first lady of the United States, during her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms as president from 1933 to 1945. Through her travels, public engagement, and advocacy, she largely redefined the role. Widowed in 1945, she served as a United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952, and took a leading role in designing the text and gaining international support for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eleanor Roosevelt is the 7th most popular social activist (down from 5th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from United States (up from 31st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Social Activist.

Eleanor Roosevelt was the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and served as First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. She was also a political activist, diplomat, and author.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Eleanor Roosevelt ranks 7 out of 840. Before her are Mahatma Gandhi, Che Guevara, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Malcolm X. After her are Rosa Luxemburg, Jan Hus, Henry Dunant, Helen Keller, Aung San Suu Kyi, and Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Eleanor Roosevelt ranks 1. After her are Harry S. Truman, Amedeo Modigliani, Hideki Tojo, Isoroku Yamamoto, Edvard Beneš, İsmet İnönü, Bronisław Malinowski, Édouard Daladier, Peter Debye, Max Brod, and Walther von Reichenau. Among people deceased in 1962, Eleanor Roosevelt ranks 2. Before her is Marilyn Monroe. After her are Niels Bohr, Hermann Hesse, Adolf Eichmann, William Faulkner, Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Stuart Sutcliffe, Karen Blixen, Lucky Luciano, Arthur Compton, and Georges Bataille.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eleanor Roosevelt ranks 29 out of 20,380. Before her are Elvis Presley (1935), T. S. Eliot (1888), Grace Kelly (1929), Malcolm X (1925), Ronald Reagan (1911), and Bruce Lee (1940). After her are George Washington (1732), John F. Kennedy (1917), Joe Biden (1942), Neil Armstrong (1930), Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882), and Benjamin Franklin (1706).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Eleanor Roosevelt ranks 3. Before her are Martin Luther King Jr. (1929), and Malcolm X (1925). After her are Helen Keller (1880), Rosa Parks (1913), W. E. B. Du Bois (1868), Emily Greene Balch (1867), Margaret Sanger (1879), Harriet Tubman (1820), Angela Davis (1944), Jody Williams (1950), and Jimmy Hoffa (1913).

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