The Admirable Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt was one of the most admired first ladies ever. Her intelligence, friendliness, warmth, humanity, and charm, were just a few words that describe the person that she was. Throughout Eleanor Roosevelt’s life she graced the world with a presence that many people looked towards for friendship or just advice. Eleanor Roosevelt is someone that in my eyes is a hero. For the period in time, which she lived being a woman and gaining the respect of both males and females of all races, is what makes her one of the most heroic women of the twentieth century. Throughout Eleanor’s life there were many obstacles that she had to over come. At