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32 Inspirational Moments Eleanor Roosevelt Gave the World

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25. “Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.”

Eleanor Roosevelt in her wedding dress in 1905. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration/ Wikimedia Commons/ Public Domain.

Eleanor was a classic introvert. She never felt comfortable at big social gatherings, which were a staple of like among the New York elite. Her grandmother, however, was fond of having parties, and one Christmas held a soiree at their home. Eleanor felt characteristically uncomfortable at the party, but in attendance was a rising politician named Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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