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Write two or three sentences explaining how Eleanor Roosevelt both fulfilled the traditional duties of the First Lady and transformed the role Support your answer with textual evidence.

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Eleanor Roosevelt is famous for serving as first lady during the presidency of her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–45), for her advocacy on behalf of liberal causes, and for her leading role in drafting the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948).

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