Eleanor Roosevelts emergence as a national figure during the 1920s occurred because of the interaction between events in her personal life and developments in the history of women within the political system. How did the changes in the Roosevelt family and her growing independence combine with the post-suffrage activities of Democratic women to lead Eleanor Roosevelt into public life? In your judgment, which of the two strands in this process, the personal or the political, was more important in determining Mrs. Roosevelts course?
