Elenor Roosevelt

The significance of Eleanor Roosevelt’s work to American History.



“What other single human being has touched and transformed the existence of so many? She walked in the slums and ghettos of the world, not on a tour of inspection, but as one who could not feel contentment when others were hungry.”
Adlai Stevenson



The first five decades of the twentieth century saw the world endure such things as war, depression, the industrial revolution, the emancipation of women, a more out-spoken youth culture and a society that needed direction dealing with such issues. Eleanor Roosevelt, as the First Lady, did much more than her predecessors, during this time. The impact of her work on American Hi...