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 t