Eleanor was the youngest of four children, her parents Stella Sandj and Jon Pracon immigrated to the United States from Poland.
Her parents named here after First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt with the thought that her family would survive the Great Depression.
In her most recent position as Director of Office of the Laity for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport CT, she developed an interest in women's issues and the environment.
[3] After seventeen years her controversial and abrupt dismissal from the Diocese led to her founding of the Centre for Women, the Earth, the Divine (CWED).
Rae compares the feminine principle with four major religions, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism.
Eco feminism as a whole aims to connect, historically and philosophically, the idea of women's oppression and nature's exploitation.