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When Eleanor lost both of her parents, she moved in with her grandmother Mary Hall. Students at Eleanor’s thought that she was weird, and because of this she rarely had friends over especially boys. Grandmother Hall was often mean to Eleanor, she would teased her about her look, dress her in young clothing, and said no to basically to anything they asked for. She simply denied them of having any fun. The best thing that happen to Eleanor when she was a kid was when she was sent to in . This is where she met her role model Marie Souvestre. Eleanor was happy there, she developed lifelong interests in politics, social causes, history, and literature. Her time at Allenswood changed her from being a shy and awkward kid into a confident and intelligence woman. However, she knew that one day she would have to return to , where she would have to attend balls, dances, and become attractive. She must now accept her role in the New York Society.



Eleanor met her soon to be husband Franklin on a train which was going back from . They were fifth cousins, and Eleanor’s father had been ’s god father. Over the next couple of months, they fell in love and eventually they got married. They did everything together in the beginning including take long walks and taking long rides in the carriage through the forest. He was her husband and her best friend. During their marriage they had children and Eleanor did not know how to take care of them, so she had to hire nurses. She could not cook or nurse her children, she was not independent at this time. At first, Franklin’s mother did not like Eleanor, and later she started to control her. Sara had built them to house but Eleanor did not like it because it was not her own, and she could not say it was her. The worst thing happen to Anna her son Franklin Jr. died from the flu and she was clearly upset with his death.