Anna Eleanor Roosevelt ( EL-in-or ROH-zə-velt; October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving first lady of the United States, during her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms as president from 1933 to 1945. Through her travels, public engagement,...
I wouldn't mind being dead — it would be something new.
—Estelle Winwood, at age one hundred
Shake off this downy sleep, death's counterfeit, and look on death itself.