Question

ew guessed that this quiet, parentless girl growing up in New York City would one day become the First Lady

of the United States. Even fewer thought she would become an author and lecturer and a woman much

admired and loved by people throughout the world.

2. Born Anna Eleanor Roosevelt in 1884 to wealthy, but troubled parents who both died while she was young,

Roosevelt was cared for by her grandmother and sent to school in England. In 1905, she married her distant

cousin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. She and her husband had six children. Although they were wealthy, her life

was not easy and she suffered several personal tragedies. Her second son died when he was a baby. In 1921,

her strong athletic husband was stricken with polio, which left him physically disabled for life.

3. Eleanor Roosevelt was a remarkable woman who had great intelligence and tremendous strength of character.

She never let things get her down. She nursed her husband back to good health and encouraged him to remain

in politics. She then helped him to become Governor of New York, and in 1933, President of the United States.

4. While her husband was President, she took a great interest in all the affairs of the country. She became her

husband’s legs and eyes; she visited prisons and hospitals; she went down into mines, up scaffoldings and into

factories. Roosevelt was tireless and daring. During the depression she travelled all over the country bringing

goodwill, reassurance and help to people without food and jobs. During World War Il she visited American

soldiers in camps all over the world. The United States had never known a First Lady like her.

5. Roosevelt also kept in touch with the American people through a daily newspaper column called ‘My Day’. She

broadcast on the radio and delivered lectures, all first for a First Lady.

i. How was Eleanor Roosevelt personality in contrast to what she became?

ii. Apart from being the first lady what else did she have to her credit?

iii. What challenges did she face in her personal life but remain unfazed?

iv. Eleanor was a strong woman who helped her husband become the president of America. How?

v. What does the statement : she became her husband’s legs and eyes mean?

vi. What was the special contribution during the depression?

vii. How did she motivate soldiers during World War II?

viii. What did she do for the first time for a first lady?

ix. What side of her personality is reflected in the passage?

x. Which word in the passage is similar in meaning to worthy of attention​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Answer:

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