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Education Clip: Eleanor Roosevelt Early Years
After a terrible early childhood, Eleanor Roosevelt’s Aunt “Bamie” suggests she be sent to Madame Souvestre’s girl’s school just outside London. This instills Eleanor with the characteristics of being independent-minded, intellectually alive, and socially conscious.
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Examine Eleanor’s role as civil rights and U.N champion after FDR’s death.

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Examine FDR’s New Deal and Eleanor’s growing political activism.

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