![]() ![]() Returning to the U.S., she married her fifth cousin once removed, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in 1905. ![]() At 15, she attended Allenswood Boarding Academy in London and was deeply influenced by its headmistress Marie Souvestre. She had an unhappy childhood, having suffered the deaths of both parents and one of her brothers at a young age. Roosevelt was a member of the prominent American Roosevelt and Livingston families and a niece of President Theodore Roosevelt. Truman later called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements. Roosevelt served as United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952, and in 1948 she was given a standing ovation by the assembly upon their adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest-serving first lady of the United States. She was the first lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945, during her husband President Franklin D. ![]() ![]() Anna Eleanor Roosevelt ( / ˈ ɛ l ɪ n ɔːr ˈ r oʊ z ə v ɛ l t/ EL-in-or ROH-zə-velt October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, pacifist and activist. ![]()
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