Eleanor Roosevelt over the years of her life was able to prove herself in many areas of public and political activity. At the same time, she considered her successes to be her most important achievements
in our work to protect human rights. Eleanor was born into a fairly we althy and privileged New York family in 1884. By the age of ten, she became an orphan, in connection with which she was later brought up by relatives. The girl was not happy with the atmosphere of social life, which she considered suffocating, so she got a job in one of the social centers in Manhattan. Here she taught dance improvisation and plasticity. In 1905, the promising young politician Franklin Roosevelt became her husband. Eleanor later bore him six children.
Active volunteer work of the great American fell on the years of the First World War. During this time, she worked in one of the Red Cross canteens and constantly visited wounded soldiers in hospitals. Eleanor Roosevelt, whose quotes are known all over the world, later stated that the feeling that she brought at this timegreat benefit, became the greatest joy in her life.
In 1920, trouble happened in the family - Franklin fell ill with polio. It was extremely difficult for his wife to be torn between him and volunteer activities. However, she managed not only to help her husband resume his political career, but also to win the gubernatorial election in New York in 1928. Four years later, Franklin was elected US president.
At this time, Eleanor Roosevelt became her husband's chief political adviser. Above all, she championed the rights of women, minorities, and the poor. After her trips around the country, she reported everything to the head of state and very often persuaded him to change his policy in certain matters. Her information was always supported by statistical data. Great success was achieved by Eleanor in the fight against racial discrimination, as evidenced by a number of administrative decrees signed by the President on her initiative.
After her husband's death in 1945, Eleanor Roosevelt was appointed to the US delegation to the UN by the new President Harry Truman. Here she de alt with issues that were related to human rights and freedom of information, and also prepared reports related to 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, was nevertheless approved by the Third Committee of the United Nations. It was this body that oversaw humanitarian and social issues. It happened late at night on December 9, 1948. The project was supported by representatives of 48 countries, and its author was greeted 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 all over the country, lecturing at universities. In addition, until her death in 1962, Eleanor took an active part in the life of the American Democratic Party.
