Eleanor Roosevelt
Woman with an Impact
Writer, Activist, and Wife of 32nd United States President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
-She was a delegate in the United Nations and a contributer to the writing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
-She worked with the underprivileged in the East Side slums of New York City and taught the children there
-She participated in the works of Red Cross when America entered World War I
-She participated in the women's suffrage movement
-In 1935, she started to write a syndicated column in a leading newspaper called "My Day" where she addressed issues of concern and her opinions
-She helped create an organization called National Youth Administration (NYA) to provide financial aid to students and hands-on job training to both men and women
-She authored several books
“What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?”
“We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all."