what was eleanor roosevelt called
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born at 56 West 37th Street in New York City, to socialites Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt (1860â1894) and Anna Rebecca Hall (1863â1892). From an early age, she preferred to be called by her middle name (Eleanor). Through her father, she was a niece of President Theodore T.R.. Roosevelt, Jr. (1858â1919). Through her mother, she was a niece of tennis champions Valentine Gill Vallie Hall III (1867â1934) and Edward Ludlow Hall (1872â1932).