For a long time,the main role of First Ladies was to act as hostesses of the White House…until Eleanor Roosevelt. Born in 1884Eleanor was not satisfied to just be a glorified hostess for her husbandPresident Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Eleanor had a voiceand she used it to speak up against poverty and racism. She had experience and knowledge of many issuesand fought for laws to help the less fortunate. She had passionenergyand a way of speaking that made people listenand she used these gifts to campaign for her husband and get him elected president-four times! A fascinating historical figure in her own rightEleanor Roosevelt changed the role of First Lady forever.