Time Magazine, Doris Kearns Goodwin
http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/eleanor.html
Monday, April 13, 1998
When Eleanor Roosevelt journeyed to New York City a week after her husband's funeral in April 1945, a cluster of reporters was waiting at the door of her Washington Square apartment. "The story is over," she said simply, assuming that her words and opinions would no longer be of interest once her husband was dead and she was no longer First Lady. She could not have been more mistaken. As the years have passed, Eleanor Roosevelt's influence and stature have continued to grow. Today she remains a powerful inspiration to leaders in both the civil rights and women's movements.

13 years after her marriage and after bearing six children including one girl and five boys, she entered public life through the Presidency. Eleanor told young women, cautioning them against marrying too hastily before they had a chance to expand their horizons that:
"If I was of......

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