Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor was paving the way for future female leaders.

It was new and untried ground, and I was feeling my way with some trepidation [fear]," Eleanor Roosevelt wrote.

I chose this quote because I think it's a good introduction into a strong paragraph about her duties as a First Lady and how she took that position to the next level

When he was elected president in 1932, Eleanor used her position as the First Lady to bring attention to social issues. She held weekly press conferences, and wrote a column called "My Day," which was featured in national newspapers. While the column started out dealing with women's issues, it developed into a platform for political causes.

She was really into helping out the country and volunteered to help her soldiers.

World War II in December 1941, the First Lady visited troops at hundreds of military bases and hospitals.

Even though Eleanor was a woman her opinion was trusted by many. She spoke out often and people believed what she did.

but he frequently took her advice. Sometimes, he would ask her to speak out on controversial (disputable) issues that might have caused an uproar if he had expressed the same opinion.

I chose this quote because it shows how active Eleanor was in politics

he quickly became the best-known (and also the most criticized) First Lady in American history. She evoked both intense admiration and intense hatred but almost never passivity or neutrality. (Eleanor Roosevelt 276)

A REAL FIRST LADY

"A REAL FIRST LADY." New York Post [New York, NY], 10 Oct. 2006, p. 42. Biography In Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A152583225/BIC?u=lom_1241&sid=BIC&xid=9c6b6583. Accessed 22 Apr. 2018.

Eleanor Roosevelt

"Eleanor Roosevelt." Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed., vol. 13, Gale, 2004, pp. 275-277. Gale Virtual Reference Library, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3404705561/GVRL?u=lom_1241&sid=GVRL&xid=db0f9927. Accessed 19 Apr. 2018.

Press Statement by Eleanor Roosevelt

"Press Statement by Eleanor Roosevelt." The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers: The Human Rights Years, 1945-1948, edited by Allida Black, vol. 1, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2007, pp. 841-844. Gale Virtual Reference Library, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX2688200378/GVRL?u=lom_1241&sid=GVRL&xid=adb15e7a. Accessed 19 Apr. 2018.

Eleanor really helped out during WWI and I think it's important to show how active she was in helping out

Although Eleanor did much Red Cross relief work during World War I and even toured the French battlefields shortly after the armistice, she remained obscure. (Eleanor Roosevelt 275)

I chose this quote because it gives insight to us how much she cared about women's rights and how she helped them get closer to equality

As First Lady ER regularly held scheduled press conferences to which only women journalists were invited, forcing some major presses to hire women reporters to avoid missing out on important news

I chose this quote because it shows how hard she worked to get a job that she would be able to put her opinion into the world with

As the United States moved toward war in the late 1930s, Eleanor Roosevelt spoke out forcefully in favor of the adminstration's policy of aiding antifascist governments. She accepted an appointment as deputy director in the Office of Civilian Defense. She applied herself diligently to her new job but proved inefficient as an administrator and resigned in 1942 in the face of growing congressional criticism. That was her first and last official position under Roosevelt

I chose this quote because it sums up what she did for everyone in the country

ER understood the urgent need for many of FDR's programs; she provided him with intimate knowledge of the plight of common Americans. She advocated powerfully for the disadvantaged, pushed for a minimum wage, called for an end to racial discrimination, promoted women's rights, and fought to abolish child labor.

I chose this quote because I like how blunt it is about how much Eleanor cared about human rights

ER was an activist with a lifelong commitment to social justice and the promotion of human rights.

This quote is a good vague lead into a paragraph about how she changed the role of First Lady

Eleanor Roosevelt gave new meaning to the title First Lady. She was a great humanitarian and one of the world's most beloved women.

I chose this quote for more evidence to show how she was really on the people's side and helped out however she could

Eleanor brought the plight of poor and oppressed people to the president's attention. She fought against discrimination and for the rights of working people.

Eleanor Roosevelt (Green)

Green, Joanne. "Eleanor Roosevelt." Governments of the World: A Global Guide to Citizens' Rights and Responsibilities, edited by C. Neal Tate, Macmillan Reference USA, 2006. Biography In Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K3447400284/BIC?u=lom_1241&sid=BIC&xid=f28d809e. Accessed 22 Apr. 2018.

Eleanor thought that those things were very important and acted upon it even if her husband didn't agree

Much more than her husband, she denounced racial oppression and tried to aid the struggle of black Americans toward full citizenship. Largely because of her efforts, African Americans, for the first time since the Reconstruction years, had reason to feel that the national government was interested in their plight. (Eleanor Roosevelt 276)

One of Eleanor's passions was women's rights and she pushed to get better rights for everyone she knew.

Of particular concern to her was securing equal opportunities for women under the New Deal's work relief projects; ensuring that appropriate employment for writers, artists, musicians, and theater people became an integral part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) program; promoting the cause of Arthurdale, a farming community built by the Federal government for unemployed miners in West Virginia; and providing work for jobless youth, both white and black (accomplished under the National Youth Administration, set up in 1935). (Eleanor Roosevelt 276

This quote is more evidence to support how she voulenteered her time with people who needed support

Once the United States formally entered the war, she made numerous trips to England, Europe, and the Pacific area to boost troop morale and to inspect Red Cross facilities. (Eleanor Roosevelt 276)

I chose this quote because it shows how even though she didn't have a man beside her she still got a very prestigious job

President Harry S. Truman appointed her American delegate to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights . (Eleanor Roosevelt 276)

Eleanor Roosevelt: once, the U.S. President's wife was expected to be a silent partner. Eleanor Roosevelt changed that rule forever

Price, Sean. "Eleanor Roosevelt: once, the U.S. President's wife was expected to be a silent partner. Eleanor Roosevelt changed that rule forever." Junior Scholastic, 8 Mar. 2004, p. 12+. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A114325980/GPS?u=lom_1241&sid=GPS&xid=0bbaffde. Accessed 18 Apr. 2018.

this quote is just more evidence to back up the fact that she was always supporting the people

She actively supported equal opportunity for women and became a champion for better working conditions.

I chose this quote as more evidence to what she did to help or the country and how generous she was with her time

She helped form the National Youth Administration, which gave jobs to young people during the Depression.

I chose this quote because Eleanor was so giving to help her husband and everyone around her

She traveled throughout the nation, serving as her physically handicapped husband's "eyes and ears," observing firsthand the concerns and living conditions of millions. In touring coal mines, tenements, schools, hospitals, and war zones

I chose this quote because it shows how instead of Franklin controlling her she was sort of persuading him and putting her own opinion on his decisions

Speaking and working for the League of Women Voters, the National Consumers' League, the Women's Trade Union League, and the women's division of the New York State Democratic Committee, she not only acted as Franklin's "legs and ears" but began to acquire a certain notoriety of her own. (Eleanor Roosevelt 276)

This quote is Eleanor saying how important her declaration is and I would put this in the paragraph about her declaration because it is good evidence

Text: American Colonists formed a nation in which the emphasis was on individual rights with a minimum of government. (Press Statement by Eleanor Roosevelt 842)

I chose this quote because it shows how important her declaration was and how it had affected the world

Text: Her hard work and political skills coupled with her humanitarian ideals helped create a document that has endured as an accepted standard of basic individual rights for nations around the world

Eleanor said this to show how important her declaration was

Text: the Declaration parallels closely our own traditions in matters of human rights. (Press Statement by Eleanor Roosevelt 842)

I chose this quote because it is good analogy since what she had to say was so important

The answer is that when this Declaration is adopted by the General Assembly, with the changes that inevitably will be made by the Assembly, we shall have done the equivalent of providing the compass for the ship. In human relations (Press Statement by Eleanor Roosevelt 841)

Shows us that even though her husband had passed away Eleanor still was a trusted advisor to the government and assisted in many decisions.

The new President, Harry S. Truman, appointed Eleanor Roosevelt as a delegate to the General Assembly of the newly created United Nations (UN). In 1946, she was elected chair of the UN's Human Rights Commission.

I chose this quote because it's of Eleanor saying how important her document will be and how important it has been

t is not unlikely that it will be of historic importance. (Press Statement by Eleanor Roosevelt 842)

Eleanor was always speaking up and she worked so hard to influence the world we live in today

to many people, getting the declaration written and approved was Eleanor Roosevelt's greatest achievement. Even then, she did not let up. Until her death in 1962, she continued to write, speak out, and influence politics. "If anyone were to ask me what I want out of life," she wrote, "I would say--the opportunity for doing something useful, for in no other way, I am convinced, can true happiness be attained."

Eleanor was trying to have everyone be equal and see eye to eye how important rights are

what does every man and woman have a RIGHT to have? We have tried to frame an answer in the Declaration of Human Rights . I hope and believe that every country can endorse this Declaration when it is considered in the General Assembly. (Press Statement by Eleanor Roosevelt 842)

this quote is good for an introduction about her declaration and what it was about

worked the other delegates overtime to complete the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948. (Eleanor Roosevelt 276)