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Eleanor Roosevelt is one of the most influential women in American history. She was the wife of the Franklin D Roosevelt. She was one of the first, First Ladies that actually took action in poltics. She worked beside her husband and supported all his decisons for the nation. She worked to enforce "The New Deal"program. The new deal was the goal of giving relief, reform, and recovery to the people and economy after The Great Depression. In the 40's she was one of the founders of Freedom House and the UN Association of the United States. While she served her time at the UN she chaired the committee that drafted and approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. President Truman called her "TheFirst Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements and all the differnce she was making in the world.


"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm, or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman, and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world."Does are the famous words of Eleanor and I couldn't have said it better myself. From her words you could tell she really believd in human rights. Everyone had the right to their own opinion of what human rights means to them and Eleanor enforced that right and made the human rights movement possible.
http://www.udhr.org/history/Biographies/bioer.htm