
Hailed as the First Lady of the World' by Harry S. Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt was one of America's great reforming leaders who changed national policy toward youths, blacks, women, the poor and the United Nations. The wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, she was one of the most active First Ladies as well as an esteemed public figure in her own right. Gathered here are quotations from her speeches, writings and interviews, conveying the indomitable spirit and passion of this woman who remains an inspiration to leaders of civil and women's rights movements around the world.'
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1884–1962
First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. She supported the New Deal policies of her husband, [Franklin Delano Roosevelt][1], and became an advocate for civil rights [1]: /authors/OL26478A
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