The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

Though widely respected in her later years Roosevelt was a controversial First Lady for her outspokenness particularly for her stands on racial issues. She pressed the US to join and support the United Nations and became one of its first delegates. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (/ˈɛlɨnɔr ˈroʊzəvɛlt/; October 11 1884 – November 7 1962) was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States holding the post from 1933 to 1945 during her husband Franklin D.