Study Questions
1. What were the similarities and differences in the upbringing of Eleanor's parents, Anna Hall and Elliot Roosevelt? What were the similarities and differences in Anna and Elliott's own temperaments?
2. What are the characteristics of the New York aristocracy into which Eleanor Roosevelt was born? What were the notable features of the lifestyles and values of the aristocrats? In what ways was public service a part of that life style?
3. What were the qualities and the failings of each of the Roosevelts, Anna and Elliot, as parents?
4. In what ways was Eleanor Roosevelt's childhood different from most other children of her time? On the other hand, what experiences - good or bad - did she have that children in other social classes might also enjoy or endure?
5. Which of her early childhood experiences would you expect to be most important in shaping Eleanor's life?
6. In understanding the life as a whole of a public figure, what is the value of examining as closely as this chapter does, that person's family roots?
1. What were the similarities and differences in the upbringing of Eleanor's parents, Anna Hall and Elliot Roosevelt? What were the similarities and differences in Anna and Elliott's own temperaments?
2. What are the characteristics of the New York aristocracy into which Eleanor Roosevelt was born? What were the notable features of the lifestyles and values of the aristocrats? In what ways was public service a part of that life style?
3. What were the qualities and the failings of each of the Roosevelts, Anna and Elliot, as parents?
4. In what ways was Eleanor Roosevelt's childhood different from most other children of her time? On the other hand, what experiences - good or bad - did she have that children in other social classes might also enjoy or endure?
5. Which of her early childhood experiences would you expect to be most important in shaping Eleanor's life?
6. In understanding the life as a whole of a public figure, what is the value of examining as closely as this chapter does, that person's family roots?