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Eleanor Roosevelt
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on March 9, 2016 (go to class or lectures)
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
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born in New York City, October 11, 1884
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her father was           , Theodore Roosevelt's younger brother
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her mother was Anna         
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member of the distinguished                      family
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both of her parents died when she was a           
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Eleanor spent most of her child with her                       
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received a                        education
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at age of 15, sent to                     
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girls school in               
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she learned to speak              fluently
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gained social skills and confidence
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moved back to New York at age 18
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             service work
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small scale political activities
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gave up her activities for family concerns and her husband's                    career
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WWI: volunteered for American        Cross
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1921 Franklin stricken with           
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Eleanor increased her political activism
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maintained his interests
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League of            Voters
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Womens' Trade Union League
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Womens' Division of the New York State Democratic Committee
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         husband won the presidency
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feared a new life of endless receptions and                      duties
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instead, played the First Lady role with style and know-how and also remained                   
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held her own female-only            conferences
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criticized American                organization and private agencies for their racial discrimination
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pursued her own political agency focused on the advancement of womens', workers' and            rights
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traveled extensively around the nation
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visited              projects
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surveyed living and working conditions
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reported observations to the                   
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was called the president's eyes, ears, and legs
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a source of first-hand information for       
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My       
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daily syndicated column
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wrote continuously from 1935 until she died in         
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WWII
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assistant directory of the Civilian Defense Program
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1941-1942
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visited Europe and the South               
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foster good will among             
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boost moral
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gained widespread popularity at home
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gained international prominence
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President Truman chose her to represent the United States in the United Nations General Assembly
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served as Chair of the Human Rights Commission
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worked to draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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worked to
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enhance multilateral                   
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solve the European refugee crisis
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fight poverty and                     
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improve global educational standards
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in the United States
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worked to keep the reforming spirit of FDR's New Deal alive
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grasped the potential of the mass media to reach out to and             
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hosted her own radio and TV shows
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was a prolific writer
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multi-volume                           
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JFK reappointed her to the United States Delegation to the United Nations
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member of the National Advisory Committee of the            Corp
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chair of the President's Commission on the Status of Women
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Harry Truman
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"the first          of the world"
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