Eleanor Roosevelt did not say this.

[TalkingDog]

But she could've

[DJ13]

1. ?

[niyad]

2. what in the world brought this on? eleanor never spoke like that

[femmocrat]

3. Unrec for disrespecting Eleanor Roosevelt like that!

She was a great lady. LADY.

If it's supposed to be funny, it's not.

[immoderate]

4. My first unrec!

Never thought I would. Disturbs me.

--imm

[happyslug]

5. No she couldn't Sexist was not a common term till the 1970s.

And Eleanor was dead by the time Sexist is first known to be used in 1965:

The first recorded use of the term "Sexist:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sexist

Word Origin & History

sexist
1965, on model of racist, coined by Pauline M. Leet, director of special programs at Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., in a speech which was circulated in mimeograph among feminists. Popularized by use in print in Caroline Bird's introduction to "Born Female" (1968).


Eleanor Roosevelt died on November 7, 1962, almost three years before the first recorded use of the word Sexist in 1965 and 6 years before it became "Widespread" in 1968.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt


Quotes from Eleanor:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/eleanor_roosevelt.html

One of my favorites:

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Read more: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/eleanor_roosevelt.html#ixzz1KmOP0B61

[TalkingDog]

6. Yes... my point. This is being attributed to her. But she couldn't have said it.

But if the term sexist had existed, she would have. Most likely, without the crudity.