In 1921, Franklin Roosevelt was stricken with polio causing Mrs. However, with American entry in World War I, she became active in the American Red Cross and in volunteer work in Navy hospitals. During this period, her public activities gave way to family concerns and her husband's political career. On March 17, 1905, she married her fifth cousin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and between 19, they became the parents of six children: Anna Eleanor (1906-75), James (1907-91), Franklin Delano, Jr. She became involved in social service work, joined the Junior League and taught at the Rivington Street Settlement House. At age 18, Eleanor returned to New York with a fresh sense of confidence in herself and her abilities. The headmistress, Mademoiselle Marie Souvestre, took a special interest in young Eleanor and had a great influence on her education and thinking. She was educated by private tutors until the age of 15, when she was sent to Allenswood, a school for girls in England.

After her mother's death, Eleanor went to live with her grandmother, Mrs. Both her parents died when she was a child, her mother in 1892, and her father in 1894.

Her father was Elliott Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt's younger brother and her mother was Anna Hall, a member of the distinguished Livingston family. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City on October 11, 1884.

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