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  Female Hero: Eleanor of Aquitaine (Women in World History Curriculum)
The presence of Eleanor, her ladies and wagons of female servants, was criticized by commentators throughout her adventure.
Eleanor, furious, announced to one and all that their marriage was not valid in the eyes of God, for they were related through some family connections to an extent prohibited by the Church.
On her way home, while resting in Sicily, Eleanor was brought the news that her fair haired uncle had been killed in battle, and his head delivered to the Caliph of Baghdad.
www.womeninworldhistory.com /heroine2.html   (519 words)

  
  Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site - Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
Stone Cottage is located on the grounds at Val-Kill and was shared by Eleanor Roosevelt and her two friends, Nancy Cook and Marion Dickerman.
Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill (ERVK) works to preserve ER's home as a living memorial, a center for exchange of significant ideas, and a catalyst for change and the betterment of the human condition.
Eleanor Roosevelts first name is Anna and she was born in New York City.
www.nps.gov /elro   (301 words)

  
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Eleanor of Aquitaine (about 1122 - April 1, 1204) was one of the most powerful people of the Middle Ages and the richest and most powerful woman in Europe during her lifetime.
Eleanor died in 1204 and was entombed in Fontevraud Abbey near her husband Henry and her son Richard.
Eleanor and Henry are the main characters in the play, The Lion in Winter, by James Goldman, which was made into a film starring Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn.
wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/e/el/eleanor_of_aquitaine.html   (654 words)

  
 Eleanor Roosevelt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born at 56 West 37th St. New York City, New York to Elliott Roosevelt and Anna Eleanor Hall and was the favorite niece and goddaughter of Theodore Roosevelt.
Eleanor Roosevelt was outspoken on numerous causes and continued to galvanize the world with her comments and opinions well into her 70s.
Eleanor's relationship with her cousin and other Oyster Bay Roosevelts would also be strained by the growing political gulf between the Hyde Park and Oyster Bay families as Franklin D. Roosevelt's political career began to take off.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt   (4424 words)

  
 Eleanor Roosevelt: Counselor Idealist
Eleanor recalled with some bemusement how sharp a bargainer her new husband was even when he did not understand the language being used in the bargaining.
Eleanor was horrified by what she saw: "Poor demented creatures, with apparently very little attention being paid them, gazing from behind bars or walking up and down on enclosed porches." The patients wandered aimlessly around the wards whose doors were tightly locked.
Eleanor's visit to St. Elizabeth's was important because it was the first time in her life that she took a vigorous role in bringing about a political remedy to a social problem.
keirsey.com /personality/eleanor.html   (3691 words)

  
 Eleanor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The domestic mouse, is known by the Yoruba as Eyla-Nor Rob, (Pronounced Eleanor Robb) literally meaning the inquisitive little rat, to differentiate this creature from its larger rodent cousin.
Eleanor Rigby, the fictional titular subject of a song by The Beatles; although she is fictional, a gravestone bearing the name Eleanor Rigby exists in a church in the band's birthplace of Liverpool
Eleanor (1973 Ford Mustang), a codenamed car in the 1974 film Gone in 60 Seconds (as the 1971-1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eleanor   (427 words)

  
 Robert Bruce, King
Eleanor of Aquitaine was without a doubt the most colorful woman of her time, considered by many to have been the most powerful and enlightened woman of her age.
Eleanor and her companions, servants and troubadours, proved too much of a distraction for the troops, and raised eyebrows with some of the chroniclers and clerics.
Eleanor was to accompanied the precious cargo to her son (57) The Emperor of Germany, Henry, vacillated on the agreement because Phillip and John both offered 100,000 marks to the Emperor if he kept Richard imprisoned a little longer, time to portioned his lands between them.
ehistory.osu.edu /world/PeopleView.cfm?PID=395   (3927 words)

  
 Eleanor Roosevelt Biography
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City on October 11, 1884.
During Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency, Eleanor Roosevelt was an active First Lady who traveled extensively around the nation, visiting relief projects, surveying working and living conditions, and then reporting her observations to the President.
Eleanor Roosevelt was in real demand as a speaker and lecturer, both in person and through the media of radio and television.
www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu /erbio.html   (678 words)

  
 Malaspina Great Books - Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204)
Something of a free spirit, Eleanor was not much liked by the staid Northerners (particularly, according to contemporary sources, her mother-in-law), who thought her flighty and a bad influence, and her conduct was repeatedly criticized by Church elders (particularly Bernard of Clairvaux and Abbot Suger) as indecorous.
Eleanor was also annoyed by Henry's attempts to control her patrimony of Aquitaine and her court at Poitiers.
Eleanor died in 1204 and was entombed in Fontevraud Abbey near her husband Henry and Richard.
www.malaspina.org /home.asp?topic=./search/details&lastpage=./search/results&ID=436   (1718 words)

  
 The American Experience | Eleanor Roosevelt | People & Events | Eleanor Roosevelt
Although Eleanor Roosevelt came to symbolize the independent and politically active woman of the twentieth century, her views early in life reflected those of most women of her time and class.
Eleanor Roosevelt was born in 1884 into a well-established and wealthy New York family.
Feeling betrayed and lonely, Eleanor responded to Franklin's infidelity by demanding that he end the affair, and she took the opportunity to launch out on a life of increased activity.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/eleanor/peopleevents/pande01.html   (1201 words)

  
 National Women's Hall of Fame - Women of the Hall
As a child, Eleanor Roosevelt was made to feel that she was an "ugly duckling." After losing both her parents, she was raised by her stern and proper grandmother, and her loneliness persisted until she was befriended by the headmistress at her boarding school.
Eleanor Roosevelt held her own press conferences, toured the nation repeatedly, and pressed her opinions through newspaper columns and radio broadcasts.
Eleanor Roosevelt continued to be active in politics and in work for international cooperation.
www.greatwomen.org /women.php?action=viewone&id=128   (424 words)

  
 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
Eleanor did teach again, when her children were grown, as a history instructor at Todhunter, a private girls' school that she and some friends ran on New York's Upper East Side.
Eleanor was an effective political organizer, when in 1924 she rallied women throughout New York state in support of the Democratic Party and led a delegation to the Democratic National Convention.
Eleanor's public forums were as popular and noteworthy as her husband's famous "fireside chats." Many times Eleanor would receive reporters dressed in her riding clothes, but in her mind did not realize she was making a fashion statement.
www.aboutfamouspeople.com /article1080.html   (1647 words)

  
 Author Eleanor Jacobs
The first person in her family to attend college, Eleanor Jacobs earned a bachelor's and master's degree in social work from St. Louis University.
Following her dream path, she has worked for 25 years in the charity fundraising/social services field, five as a counselor and case manager and twenty as an executive.
Eleanor is now writing a spin-off of her highly successful TEN PEARLS OF WISDOM book that was featured in Essence magazine's June 2000 issue.
www.eleanorjacobs.com   (686 words)

  
 Town Of Eleanor : Town Government-Achievements
In 1976, Eleanor was chosen as one of the top 10 "All West Virginia Cities." Awards sponsored by the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
In the article, it is stated that "Eleanor was a company town and the company was the U.S. Government." Perhaps a better way of putting it would be to say, Eleanor was a people's town established by a government responsive to their needs.
We are proud of the fact that Eleanor is one of the "Cleanest towns in West Virginia," therefore these old signs were moved to the new incorporated limits on each end of town.
eleanorwv.20m.com /p6.htm   (1038 words)

  
 Eleanor Roosevelt | American First Lady & Humanitarian
Eleanor married a distant cousin, Franklin Roosevelt, in 1905.
Eleanor was also a civil rights activist during her husband's tenure as President.
Eleanor Roosevelt wrote four books: This is My Story (1937); This I Remember (1950); On My Own (1958); and Tomorrow Is Now (published in 1963 after her death).
www.lucidcafe.com /library/95oct/roosevel.html   (548 words)

  
 The My Hero Project - Eleanor Roosevelt
Since Eleanor's husband was running for president, she had to watch everything that she did.
So what Eleanor did was she brought her own chair and sat between the fls and the whites.
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to informing new generations of the ideals and achievements of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
www.myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=eleanorRoosevelt   (1681 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Eleanor (Picture Puffins): Books: Barbara Cooney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
Skillfully compressing a bounty of detail, the author/artist focuses on Eleanor's emotional life as a childhood "ugly duckling": "From the beginning the baby was a disappointment to her mother," Cooney begins.
From 1884 to the time of her death in 1962, Eleanor Roosevelt's life was one of pathos and disappointment against a background of privilege.
Eleanor was orphaned at nine, a plain and painfully introverted child who lived among domineering and mostly insensitive elders.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140555838?v=glance   (1821 words)

  
 Works about Eleanor Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Entries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
“Eleanor Roosevelt,” in The Oxford Companion to Military History, edited by John Whitelaw Chambers II.
“Anna Eleanor Roosevelt,” in Notable American Women: The Modern Period, edited by Barbara Sicherman and Carol Hurd Green.
“Eleanor Roosevelt,” in The Reader’s Companion to American History, edited by Eric Foner and John A. Garraty.
www.gwu.edu /~erpapers/abouteleanor/ency_entries.html   (104 words)

  
 Eleanor Marx
In 1876 Eleanor Marx became involved in the campaign for female equality when she helped a female candidate win a seat on a London School Board.
Eleanor Marx, who had a reputation as one of the best orators in England, was elected to the SDF Executive.
Eleanor Marx was a woman of heavy build, very dark, widely read and widely travelled, and it was a privilege to talk with her about her distinguished father and his famous friends, Engels, Bebel, and others.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /Wmarx.htm   (1316 words)

  
 Eleanor’s Blog
Eleanor will be performing two songs at the upcoming Balcony TV Video Awards this Saturday, June 9th at the Sugar Club in Dublin.
An array of instruments dressed the stage, giving the impression Eleanor might be accompanied by her band, but we were soon to discover that the multi-talented Eleanor would be playing each of these herself.
The classically-trained Eleanor is a remarkably secure performer, capable of tackling anything from folk and blues to pop, soul and country, swiftly swapping electric guitar for violin, mandolin or bass.
www.eleanormcevoy.net   (563 words)

  
 TIME 100: Eleanor Roosevelt
When Eleanor Roosevelt journeyed to New York City a week after her husband's funeral in April 1945, a cluster of reporters were waiting at the door of her Washington Square apartment.
Eleanor shattered the ceremonial mold in which the role of the First Lady had traditionally been fashioned, and reshaped it around her own skills and her deep commitment to social reform.
The only daughter of an alcoholic father and a beautiful but aloof mother who was openly disappointed by Eleanor's lack of a pretty face, Eleanor was plagued by insecurity and shyness.
www.time.com /time/time100/leaders/profile/eleanor.html   (337 words)

  
 Eleanor Barr - Mediator
Eleanor Barr began practicing law 16 years ago as a litigator of complex civil cases.
Eleanor’s success at settling cases attests to her skill at distilling legal issues, her extensive litigation experience, and her ability to defuse the emotional issues that often underlie conflict.
Over the years, Eleanor has developed a highly effective mediation style that emphasizes communication, legal clarity and a tenacious commitment to reaching resolution.
www.eleanorbarr.com /index.html   (116 words)

  
 Talkin' Broadway - Sound Advice: 8/18/00
Eleanor is one of those shows that has been around for a while.
Eleanor was recently produced at Ford's theater in Washington D.C. The book is by Jonathan Bolt, with music by Thomas Tierney and lyrics by John Forster.
Eleanor is a sweet, melodic, character study of the events that shaped the person we know from the history books.  Like 1776, you know what is going to happen, but the show lets you know why certain decisions were made and events happened.
www.talkinbroadway.com /sound/aug1800.html   (878 words)

  
 Eleanor Roosevelt NHS -- NRHP Travel Itinerary
Eleanor once described Val-Kill and its pastoral surroundings as the place "I used to find myself and grow" and where "I emerged as an individual".
The years following her husband's death, Eleanor Roosevelt emerged as a world figure, beginning with her appointment as American ambassador to the United Nations in 1946 and her work on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, written chiefly in the solitude provided at Val-Kill.
The Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site is the subject of an online-lesson plan produced by Teaching with Historic Places, a National Register program that offers classroom-ready lesson plans on properties listed in the National Register.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/pwwmh/ny20.htm   (326 words)

  
 Gone in 60 Seconds, or less: Shelby to introduce "Eleanor" GT500E Shelby Mustang   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
Eleanor was featured in the extended chase scenes in both the 1974 and the 2000 versions of Gone in 60 Seconds (it was driven by Nicolas Cage in the more recent version), and gained a semi-cult following.
All 50 cars stolen in the film were given women’s names; Eleanor looked like a modified 1967 GT500 Shelby Mustang, though of the dozen Eleanors made for the 2000 film, not one was an authentic GT500.
Similarly, Shelby’s new Eleanor is a restored Mustang powered by a Shelby-tuned V8 making 325 hp, and comes with a slate of options including a nitrous oxide system, roll bar, 17-inch wheels, side exhaust and Baer brakes—starting at $80,000.
www.barrett-jackson.com /about/thepress/autoweek.asp   (310 words)

  
 Future Legend - Eleanor Rigby
Eleanor's career was short yet controversial and mysterious, and this, along with the quality and limited quantity of her releases has led to her becoming a cult figure on the collector's market.
Eleanor Rigby could have been the Queen of Britpop had she only stuck it out.
Eleanor now has a page on my space where you can listen to some of her tracks to get the feel for her music and voice go here to listen then come back and buy one of her limited edition releases below.
www.future.legend.records.freeservers.com /er.htm   (2157 words)

  
 Eleanor Turner | arts in fusion
Arts in Fusion is Eleanor's record 'label' that exists to capture music written by living British composers, such as Dai Fujikura, Paul Patterson and Geoffrey Poole.
Alongside her harp performances, Eleanor also composes, teaches and hosts workshops for children and adults.
Eleanor takes live music out of the concert hall and into the community.
www.eleanorturner.com /arts.htm   (127 words)

  
 Eleanor and Archie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
Eleanor married Archie McDowall and they have 2 sons, David and Mark
Eleanor in the garden at 19 Glenburn Terrace
Archie and Eleanor with their sons Mark and David
homepage.ntlworld.com /rosaleen.lofnes/eleanor.htm   (42 words)

  
 Eleanor Roosevelt - The Musical
Now ELEANOR – An American Love Story can be licensed by theaters worldwide through the famed Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization, which represents some of the most beloved musicals ever written.
ELEANOR tells the story of Eleanor’s journey from a shy, young aristocrat to her emergence as a powerful catalyst for social change.
The tumultuous story of Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt, set in a bittersweet world of romance, infidelity and politics.
www.eleanorthemusical.com /homebody.html   (305 words)

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