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32 Inspirational Moments Eleanor Roosevelt Gave the World

Eleanor Roosevelt - Franklin D. Roosevelt

24. “No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1893, at the age of 11. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration/ Wikimedia Commons/ Public Domain.

As so many introverts do, Eleanor stood away from the crowd. The handsome young Franklin Roosevelt asked if she wanted to dance. She loved dancing but didn’t know what to say. They were both Roosevelts, but they were fifth cousins so the relationship that was to come would be far from incestuous. Their first meeting would be brief, but more would follow.

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