Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt was definitely one of the most influential women of the 20th century. She conquered the challenge of her husband's illness with pride, and went on to take on many responsibilities that women of her time did not have to deal with. Politically, she oversaw many issues that her husband was too weak to deal with, as well as take care of her six children. When the great depression hit, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt tried very hard to rebound the country quickly, and to the best of their power, they did. Eleanor was stern, determined, and passionate about the causes she dealt with; all of these qualities made her an extraordinary leader.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eleanor/peopleevents/pande01.html
To others, I believe they would have thought of Eleanor as cold. Outside of her very close knit group of friends, other women would have thought of her as mean and nontraditional because of her modern role as a wife. The fact that she stood up to society and incredibly helped her husband and the condition of the country proves that she was a great leader.
posted by Beth @ 11:07 AM
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I agree with your assessment of Eleanor Roosevelt, because her ability to stand up to society and take her husband's matters into her own hands proves that she was an ambitious leader and both a unique and powerful woman. Eleanor Roosevelt would compare to Lady Macbeth in her similarity of ambitious character, and for a large part of her life, stood physically and politically superior to her husband. Lady Macbeth, too, is in some way superior to Macbeth, because she manipulated him into murdering the king. Eleanor Roosevelt influenced her husband positively, because she cared for him when he was disabled, and he relied on her to handle his political matters. Most of the questions were answered, except for a way that Eleanor is manipulative.
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I agree with you view of Eleanor Roosevelt because she was not manupulative or deceitful. It was not as if she infected him with polio, and she naturally came to the postion of power. She was ambitious in her ways, and as such she became a very influential and power woman and leader. Unlike Eleanor, Lady MacBeth was manupilative and persuaded MacBeth to kill the king. Eleanor was a positive influence on her husband as she was able to help her husband to continue to rule the United States of America, even though he was disabled due to his polio. All the questions seem to have been answered.
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