Eleanor's
Childhood
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Born October 11, 1884 in New York City
* Daughter of Anna and Elliot
* Mother died when she was only eight years old.
* Father died when she was only ten years old.
* She went to live with her Grandma after her mother died in 1892.
* She went to a boarding school called Allenswood in England when she
was fifteen years old.
* She joined the junior league and began helping the poor.
* She also taught dance and worked with the immigrants at the Rivington
Settlement House.
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