Full Bio: Eleanor Roosevelt & The Red Cross
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Under Eleanor’s leadership, 1917-1918, the official knitting service of the Navy Red Cross sent 8,976 articles of clothing to shore stations and men at sea.
( Getty/Bettmann )
( Getty/Bettmann )