FIRST LADY ELEANOR


FIRST LADY ELEANOR


Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
(11 Oct 1884 – 7 Nov 1962)

The longest-serving First Lady of the United States, from 1933 to 1945, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was a political figure, a diplomat and an activist all rolled into one. As a tribute to her several achievements President Truman called her the "First Lady of the World."...

Despite an unhappy childhood, boarding school upbringing and a not-so-comfortable wedded life since 1905, Eleanor's steely resolve saw her through in leading a public life of her own. Eleanor was a pillar of strength for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, especially after his paralytic attack in 1921 and throughout his career thereafter as Governor and President...

The outspoken Eleanor was the first First Lady to hold press conferences, write for newspapers and magazines and host weekly radio shows...

After President Franklin's demise in 1945 Eleanor continued being politically active. She was U S's first delegate to the UN in 1945, continuing till 1952, and also served as the first chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights with a lion's share in drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...

Eleanor emerged as a pioneer activist of women at the workplace, for the civil rights of African and Asian Americans, and for the rights of World War II refugees...

Regarded as one of the most esteemed and admired women in the world, Eleanor topped almost all polls and surveys to that effect between 1948 and 1961...

At the age of 78 the greatest American First Lady breathed her last this day, in 1962, at New York, leaving behind an exhaustive legacy for all posterity...


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