Eleanor Butler (Alexander) Roosevelt (1888 - 1960)

Born 26 Dec 1888 in Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 29 May 1960 at age 71 in Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, United States

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Biography

" the only daughter of Henry Addison ALEXANDER, a NY lawyer and Grace GREEN ... a highly organized, socially conscious person in her own right. She helped improve the conditions of Puerto Rican women while her husband was governor of the island (1929–31); she organized the first American women's committee for China Relief (1937); and she directed the American Red Cross Club in England (1942). Eleanor received citations and commendations from, among others, the French government, Gen. John J. Pershing, and the U.S. War Department. She also wrote an account of her life in her memoirs, "Day Before Yesterday" ..."

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Butler_Roosevelt
• "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W3F-8W7 : 11 February 2018), Eleanor Butler Alexander, 26 Dec 1888; citing Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, reference cn 35982 New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,323,485.

Acknowledgements

• Profile Eleanor Alexander-2510 created by Stanley Wood, May 22, 2012