Autographs of Eleanor Roosevelt

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 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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Traded items with a signature of Eleanor Roosevelt

The most expensive item with a signature of Eleanor Roosevelt (Eleanor Roosevelt / Visitor Book Royal Air Force Bovingdon Signed 1st ed 1946) was sold in March 2026 for £1,515.09 while the cheapest item (On My Own ~ ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Signed personally First Print Edition 1st 1959) found a new owner for £0.75 in November 2021. The month with the most items sold (3) was January 2022 with an average selling price of £161.46 for an autographed item of Eleanor Roosevelt. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2020 with £539.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £6.38 was April 2024. In average, an autographed item from Eleanor Roosevelt is worth £92.64.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Eleanor Roosevelt were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Eleanor Roosevelt Autograph Signature Postcard Hyde Park Franklin D.	£198.82
	ELEANOR ROOSEVELT in Group Photo Signed 8x10 signature is slightly Shaky	£88.65
	ELEANOR ROOSEVELT in Group Photo Signed 8x10 signature is slightly Shaky	£88.65
	ELEANOR ROOSEVELT in Group Photo Signed 8x10 signature is slightly Shaky	£91.78
	ELEANOR ROOSEVELT in Group Photo Signed 8x10 signature is slightly Shaky	£91.78
	ELEANOR ROOSEVELT in Group Photo Signed 8x10 signature is slightly Shaky	£89.51
	ELEANOR ROOSEVELT in Group Photo Signed 8x10 signature is slightly Shaky	£89.51
	Eleanor Roosevelt Signed 1937 White House Letter Custom Framed Display JSA LOA	£379.55
	Eleanor Roosevelt Signed 1937 White House Letter Custom Framed Display JSA LOA	£379.55
	Eleanor Roosevelt Signed Letter	£125.56
	Eleanor Roosevelt Signed Letter	£125.56
	Framed Signature of Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady With Photo.	£342.05
	Framed Signature of Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady With Photo.	£342.05
	Signed ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Franklin Roosevelt Letter Collection	£412.85
	Signed ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Franklin Roosevelt Letter Collection	£412.85