Eleanor Roosevelt: Leadership Analysis
Eleanor Roosevelt, the Leader
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt? I found myself asking this question while researching about possible leaders to analyze for this presentation. I couldn’t recall learning anything about her in history classes that I’ve had other than that she was the wife of the famous president Franklin Roosevelt. As I began to research her I found that she was much more than the wife of a president. I read two biographies about Mrs. Roosevelt, the first of which was titled Eleanor Roosevelt: The woman who pioneered the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was written by David Winner, and published in Great Britain in 1992. The second biography I chose to read was titled Eleanor Roosevelt, A Life of Discovery. This text was written by Russell Freedman and was published in New York in 1993.
I chose to analyze Eleanor Roosevelt’s life and leadership because she was a voice for those who weren’t heard, because she devoted her life to helping the less fortunate, and because she was the first wife of a president to have a public life and a career. She used her role as first lady in a positive way to help the country and world become a better place for all humans. This is also one reason that I see her as a great leader. I define a leader as someone with the drive and competency to achieve goals through influencing others. Leadership is persevering to spread one’s beliefs and helping society grow towards a better future, no matter how big or small the contribution. Eleanor Roosevelt was the epitome of my definition of leadership. She had the drive and competency to achieve her goals and was amazing at communicating them to others. She persevered to spread her beliefs and made a huge contribution to the life of all humans. She made this world a better place.
In Eleanor’s younger years, she never would have imagined she would have such an impact on the world. Her self-confidence was non-existent. Mrs. Roosevelt recalled that she “’was a solemn child,
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt? I found myself asking this question while researching about possible leaders to analyze for this presentation. I couldn’t recall learning anything about her in history classes that I’ve had other than that she was the wife of the famous president Franklin Roosevelt. As I began to research her I found that she was much more than the wife of a president. I read two biographies about Mrs. Roosevelt, the first of which was titled Eleanor Roosevelt: The woman who pioneered the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was written by David Winner, and published in Great Britain in 1992. The second biography I chose to read was titled Eleanor Roosevelt, A Life of Discovery. This text was written by Russell Freedman and was published in New York in 1993.
I chose to analyze Eleanor Roosevelt’s life and leadership because she was a voice for those who weren’t heard, because she devoted her life to helping the less fortunate, and because she was the first wife of a president to have a public life and a career. She used her role as first lady in a positive way to help the country and world become a better place for all humans. This is also one reason that I see her as a great leader. I define a leader as someone with the drive and competency to achieve goals through influencing others. Leadership is persevering to spread one’s beliefs and helping society grow towards a better future, no matter how big or small the contribution. Eleanor Roosevelt was the epitome of my definition of leadership. She had the drive and competency to achieve her goals and was amazing at communicating them to others. She persevered to spread her beliefs and made a huge contribution to the life of all humans. She made this world a better place.
In Eleanor’s younger years, she never would have imagined she would have such an impact on the world. Her self-confidence was non-existent. Mrs. Roosevelt recalled that she “’was a solemn child,
Cited: "Eleanor Roosevelt: 1940-1945." The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project. George Washington University, n.d. Web. 10 Sept. 2012.<http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/abouteleanor /timeline/tl4.cfm>. Freedman, Russell. Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery. New York: Clarion, 1993. Print. Winner, David. Eleanor Roosevelt: The Woman Who Pioneered the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Watford: Exley, 1992. Print.