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Eleanor had no desire to become a ceremonial first lady, relegated to serving in her husband’s shadow. She had grown accustomed to a different role: teacher, writer, and political activist in her own right.
Jean Edward Smith • FDR
“To be mature you have to realize what you value most.
It is extraordinary to discover that comparatively few people reach this level of maturity. They seem never to have paused to consider what has value for them. They spend great effort and sometimes make great sacrifices for v... See more
jamesclear.com • 3-2-1: On Mentors, Margin of Safety, and How to Say No | James Clear
Eleanor emerged from the ordeal a different woman. “I knew more about the human heart.… I became a more tolerant person … but I think more determined to try for certain ultimate objectives.”106 Mrs. Roosevelt commenced the metamorphosis from a private to a public person.
Jean Edward Smith • FDR
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
Mark Manson • Be Impossible to Offend
"Do one thing every day that scares you." – Eleanor Roosevelt
Marie Souvestre’s goal was to make her students “cultivated women of the world,” and Eleanor blossomed under her tutelage. If ER had a fault, it was her seriousness.
Jean Edward Smith • FDR
Running the White House was exclusively Eleanor’s domain, part of the balance of power she and FDR had achieved. And given her extensive public commitments, she was determined to have someone assist her who was loyal and trustworthy. Social awareness, an ability to cook, even a knowledge of food and wine were secondary. The assistant she chose was
... See moreJean Edward Smith • FDR
According to Dickerman’s account, ER’s tone was almost “hysterical.” She could not “bear to become First Lady!” She did not wish to be “a prisoner in the White House, forced onto a narrow treadmill of formal receptions, ‘openings,’ dedications, teas, official dinners.”