Eleanor Roosevelt Autographs
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (/ˈɛlɪnɔːr ˈroʊzəvɛlt/ 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, and advocacy, she largely redefined the role. Widowed in 1945, she served as a United States delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952, and took a leading role in designing the text and gaining international support for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1948, she was given a standing ovation by the assembly upon their adoption of the declaration. President Harry S. Truman later called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements.
Roosevelt was a member of the prominent and wealthy Roosevelt and Livingston families and a niece of President Theodore Roosevelt. She had an unhappy childhood, having suffered the deaths of both parents and one of her brothers at a young age. At 15, she attended Allenswood Boarding Academy in London and was deeply influenced by its founder and director Marie Souvestre. Returning to the U.S., she married her fifth cousin once removed, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in 1905. Between 1906 and 1916 she gave birth to six children, one of whom died in infancy. The Roosevelts' marriage became complicated after Eleanor discovered her husband's affair with her social secretary, Lucy Mercer, in 1918. Due to mediation by her mother-in-law, Sara, the liaison was ended officially. After that, both partners started to keep independent agendas, and Eleanor joined the Women's Trade Union League and became active in the New York state Democratic Party. Roosevelt helped persuade her husband to stay in politics after he was stricken with a paralytic illness in 1921. Following Franklin's election as governor of New York in 1928, and throughout the remainder of Franklin's political career, Roosevelt regularly made public appearances on his behalf; and as first lady, while her husband served as president, she greatly influenced the present scope and future of the role.
Roosevelt was, in her time, one of the world's most widely admired and powerful women. Nevertheless, in her early years in the White House she was controversial for her outspokenness, particularly with respect to her promotion of civil rights for African Americans. She was the first presidential spouse to hold regular press conferences, write a daily newspaper column, write a monthly magazine column, host a weekly radio show, and speak at a national party convention. On a few occasions, she publicly disagreed with her husband's policies. She launched an experimental community at Arthurdale, West Virginia, for the families of unemployed miners, later widely regarded as a failure. She advocated for expanded roles for women in the workplace, the civil rights of African Americans and Asian Americans, and the rights of World War II refugees.
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Current items with a signature of Eleanor Roosevelt
These are the most current items with a signature of Eleanor Roosevelt that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Vintage Signed James Roosevelt Letter Eleanor Roosevelt Photograph | $210.94 |  |
| Vintage Signed James Roosevelt Letter Eleanor Roosevelt Photograph | $210.94 | |
Traded items with a signature of Eleanor Roosevelt
The most expensive item with a signature of Eleanor Roosevelt (Book SIGNED Martin Luther King Jr, Lyndon B Johnson, & Eleanor Roosevelt PSA/DNA) was sold in March 2025 for $15,000.00 while the cheapest item (Eleanor Roosevelt An American Conscience-Hareven-1968-SIGNED by Hareven) found a new owner for $0.99 in May 2019. The month with the most items sold (5) was June 2008 with an average selling price of $49.99 for an autographed item of Eleanor Roosevelt. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2020 with $560.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $5.00 was March 2016. In average, an autographed item from Eleanor Roosevelt is worth $75.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Eleanor Roosevelt were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1984 Eleanor Roosevelt Centennial First Day of Issue Stamp Program FDR SIGNED | $250.00 |  |
| 1984 Eleanor Roosevelt Centennial First Day of Issue Stamp Program FDR SIGNED | $250.00 | |
 | Eleanor Roosevelt Signed Letter 1949–Thank You to Congressman Kirwan | $249.99 | |
| Eleanor Roosevelt Signed Letter 1949–Thank You to Congressman Kirwan | $249.99 | |
| ELEANOR ROOSEVELT TYPED LETTER SIGNED WITH BLACK & WHITE PORTRAIT | $500.00 | |
| ELEANOR ROOSEVELT TYPED LETTER SIGNED WITH BLACK & WHITE PORTRAIT | $500.00 | |
 | ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, US First Lady Autograph Signed White House Card | $124.99 | |
| ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, US First Lady Autograph Signed White House Card | $124.99 | |
| Eleanor Roosevelt. Signed 6x9 White House letter. Eleanor remembers Mary Wollner | $120.99 | |
| Eleanor Roosevelt. Signed 6x9 White House letter. Eleanor remembers Mary Wollner | $120.99 | |
| Eleanor Roosevelt. White House typed letter signed as First Lady. Envelope. COA | $145.00 | |
| Malvina Thompson Schneider signed letter dated 1934 Sec. to Eleanor Roosevelt | $15.00 | |
| Malvina Thompson Schneider signed letter dated 1934 Sec. to Eleanor Roosevelt | $15.00 | |
| On My Own, Eleanor Roosevelt (1958), Limited First Edition SIGNED | $401.50 | |
| On My Own, Eleanor Roosevelt (1958), Limited First Edition SIGNED | $401.50 | |
Latest News about Eleanor Roosevelt
An afternoon with Eleanor Roosevelt in Montville (01/27/2015): As part of the Montville Township Public Library’s Presidents Day celebration, actress Linda Kenyon will portray Eleanor Roosevelt in a one-woman theater performance at the library, 90 Horseneck Rd., on Sunday, Feb. 8 at 2 p.m. Eleanor Roosevelt's sharp tongue (10/23/2014): Politician, human rights campaigner and longest-serving first lady; Eleanor Roosevelt was a force to be reckoned with. 
Ask Me: Eleanor Roosevelt came to Fresno, but not to Roosevelt High (10/11/2014): Eleanor Roosevelt made at least half a dozen visits to Fresno, but she wasn’t here to help dedicate the new auditorium at Roosevelt High School in 1954. Click to Continue »
