| Years |
Age |
Events |
| 1884 |
0 (born) |
Born in New York City |
| 1892 |
8 |
Mother dies |
| 1894 |
10 |
Father dies |
| 1899-1902 |
15 |
Attends Allenswood Academy in England |
| 1902 |
18 |
Returns to New York, social debut |
| 1903 |
19 |
Becomes engaged to Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| 1905 |
21 |
Marries Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| 1906 |
22 |
Daughter Anna born |
| 1907 |
23 |
Son James born |
| 1909 |
25 |
Son Franklin Jr. born and dies |
| 1910 |
26 |
Son Elliott born |
| 1911 |
27 |
Franklin elected to New York State Senate |
| 1913 |
29 |
Franklin becomes Assistant Secretary of the Navy |
| 1914 |
30 |
Son Franklin II born |
| 1916 |
32 |
Son John born |
| 1918 |
34 |
Discovers Franklin’s affair with Lucy Mercer |
| 1920 |
36 |
Franklin runs for Vice President (loses) |
| 1921 |
37 |
Franklin contracts polio |
| 1922 |
38 |
Helps establish Val-Kill furniture factory |
| 1924 |
40 |
Franklin runs for Governor of New York (loses) |
| 1925 |
41 |
Establishes Todhunter School |
| 1928 |
44 |
Franklin elected Governor of New York |
| 1929 |
45 |
Becomes co-director of Todhunter School |
| 1930 |
46 |
Re-elected Governor |
| 1932 |
48 |
FDR elected President |
| 1933 |
49 |
Becomes First Lady |
| 1934 |
50 |
Starts “My Day” column; tours Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands |
| 1935 |
51 |
Visits West Virginia coal mines; supports New Deal programs |
| 1936 |
52 |
Campaigns for FDR’s re-election |
| 1937 |
53 |
Visits Europe, meets with British royalty |
| 1938 |
54 |
Visits West Virginia again; supports Fair Labor Standards Act |
| 1939 |
55 |
Resigns from Daughters of the American Revolution; supports Marian Anderson’s concert; purchases Val-Kill Cottage |
| 1940 |
56 |
FDR re-elected President |
| 1941 |
57 |
Pearl Harbor; US enters World War II |
| 1942 |
58 |
Works with Office of Civilian Defense |
| 1943 |
59 |
Visits American troops in the South Pacific |
| 1944 |
60 |
FDR re-elected President for fourth term |
| 1945 |
61 |
FDR dies; attends UN founding conference; appointed US delegate to UN |
| 1946 |
62 |
Becomes chair of UN Human Rights Commission |
| 1947 |
63 |
Works on Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| 1948 |
64 |
Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted |
| 1949 |
65 |
Continues work at UN |
| 1950 |
66 |
Resigns from UN post |
| 1951 |
67 |
Continues to write “My Day” |
| 1952 |
68 |
Supports Adlai Stevenson for President |
| 1953 |
69 |
Visits Europe and Asia |
| 1954 |
70 |
Visits Soviet Union |
| 1955 |
71 |
Publishes “Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt” |
| 1956 |
72 |
Supports Stevenson again |
| 1957 |
73 |
Receives Albert Schweitzer Medal |
| 1958 |
74 |
Tours Latin America |
| 1959 |
75 |
Supports John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign |
| 1960 |
76 |
Campaigns for Kennedy |
| 1961 |
77 |
Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom from Kennedy |
| 1962 |
78 (died) |
Dies in New York City |
