The great American Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt for years of his life was able to prove himself in many spheres of public and political activity. Together with this, her most important achievements were successes In work aimed at protecting human rights. Eleanor was born in a fairly well-off and privileged New York family in 1884. Already by the age of ten she became a round orphan, and in this connection was brought up by her relatives. The girl was not enthusiastic about the atmosphere of secular life, which she considered suffocating, so she got a job in one of the social centers in Manhattan. Here she taught dance improvisation and plastic. In 1905, her husband was the high-profile young politician Franklin Roosevelt. Eleanor later gave him six children.

The active volunteer activity of the great American woman fell on the years of the First World War. At this time, she worked in one of the Red Cross dining rooms and constantly visited wounded soldiers in hospitals. Eleanor Roosevelt, whose quotes are known throughout the world, later stated that the feeling that she was making a huge profit at that time was her greatest joy in life. In 1920, the family suffered a disaster - Franklin fell ill with poliomyelitis. His wife was extremely difficult to break between him and volunteer activities. However, she managed not only to help her husband resume his political career, but also to win the gubernatorial elections in New York in 1928. Four years later Franklin was elected US president.

At this time, Eleanor Roosevelt became the chief political counselor of her husband. First of all, she defended the rights of women, minorities and the poor. After her trips around the country, she reported to the head of state about everything, and very often persuaded him to change politics on certain issues. Her information was always backed up by statistical data. A great success was achieved by Eleonora in the fight against racial discrimination, as evidenced by a number of administrative decrees signed by the president on her initiative.

After the death of her husband in 1945, the new president, Harry Truman Eleanor Roosevelt was appointed to the US delegation to the UN. Here she dealt with issues that were related to human rights and freedom of information, and also prepared reports on declarations on the status of women and civil liberties. Later she became one of the authors of the declaration on human rights, which with great difficulty, but still was approved by the Third Committee of the United Nations. It was this body that oversaw humanitarian and social issues. This happened late in the night on December 9, 1948. The project was supported by representatives of 48 countries, and its author was welcomed with a standing ovation.

Eleanor Roosevelt worked at the UN for another three years, after which she left the organization. She did not stop writing and traveling around the country, giving lectures at universities. In addition, until her death in 1962, Eleanor took an active part in the life of the American Democratic Party.