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1、Text,ELEANOR ROOSEVELT First Lady of the World Dear readers, 1 It was during this week in 1948 that Eleanor Roosevelt paused for a moment during a walk from her Washington Square apartment toward New York Citys 8th Street. Suddenly, she wrote in her syndicated column, I saw on the sidewalk a figure
2、of a man. The man was homeless, very thin and very poor-looking, a sight not uncommon for city dwellers but rarely a cause for a letter to the nation in which she wondered how many human rights that poor man had.,Text,2 As a young woman Roosevelt did volunteer work for organizations like the Red Cro
3、ss and the Junior League of NY a high-society lady with a big heart. But she was still just a woman at a time and in a country dominated by men. When asked in 1911 if she was for a womans right to vote, she responded: If my husband then a NY State Senator is a suffragist, I probably must be too. As
4、Franklin Delano Roosevelts political career grew, however, so too did her concern for womens issues, labor issues, youth and civil rights issues. By the time she and FDR moved to the White House in 1932, Eleanor was coming into her own.,Text,3 Roosevelt would spend the next 12 years rewriting the de
5、finition of First Lady. I was alarmed myself, when she started, Madame Frances Perkins, FDRs Secretary of Labor and a longtime friend of Mrs. Roosevelts, told a Time correspondent in 1952. I was very alarmed when she began making speeches. Roosevelt was the first First Lady to hold a press conferenc
6、e (only female reporters were admitted); and since the wheelchair-bound FDR counted on her to be his legs, eyes and ears, she became involved with New Deal projects to an extent that shocked many.,Text,I felt certain that somewhere along the line she would stub her toe, said Perkins, thinking of Was
7、hingtons fishbowl atmosphere. But she did avoid any real mishap. I dont know how she did it. What to lay it to? Sincerity of purpose, simplicity of heart, an unconscious desire not to hurt people. At first some attributed such qualities to navet, but as time passed, Roosevelts humane and selfless na
8、ture won over the naysayers.,Text,She was the White Houses chief advocate for the rights of women and African-Americans; her syndicated newspaper column, My Day, was her platform from 1935 until her death in 1962. All the while, Eleanor had been a mother of six children. We feel, said her daughter A
9、nna, that if youre that interested and energetic and have a mind like hers, you shouldnt be let down.,Text,I hope she keeps right on going the way she has. She was also a wife to a man who could not stand on his own. We must ascribe to her the marvelous fact, said Winston Churchill in 1948, that a c
10、rippled man, victim of a cruel affliction, was able for more than ten years to ride the storms of peace and war at the summit of the US. The debt we owe to President Roosevelt is owed also to her.,Text,4 Her role as First Lady, heroic though it was, was only training. She had used her White House se
11、at to lobby but the power was still reserved for the man of the House. Besides, as Perkins once said, She said things that made people angry. With her husbands death in 1945, Roosevelt seemed ready to return to a private life.,Text,The story is over, she told the press. Later that year President Tru
12、man asked Eleanor to serve as a US delegate to the United Nations. She accepted the charge, moved on, and would change forever the role of women in American society and around the world. Most people who have played second violin all their lives never have an opportunity to play first violin, remarke
13、d Perkins. “Mrs. Roosevelt had the chance to, and she plays with genius.,Text,5 The 17 women delegates and advisers to the first United Nations General Assembly looked to Roosevelt for leadership and she delivered, quickly becoming the foremost advocate for human rights the world over. Named as the
14、first chairman of the UN Human Rights Commission, Roosevelt oversaw the two-year process of drafting and securing passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.,Text,Additionally, her clashes with representatives of the Soviet Union led one Republican to lean forward in his chair and state he
15、 wouldnt allow his name to be used for fear of being labeled as a Democratic supporter Now, if you want to know what I think about Mrs. Roosevelt, she is tuh- riffic! Mrs. Roosevelt is unique in her capacity to create an understanding of our position in the minds of the delegates of other countries.
16、 Her performance is so superlative that it is rather unexpected to be asked to evaluate her in ordinary terms.,Text,6 By the time she resigned from her UN post in 1952, Roosevelt had become the First Lady of the World. On a trip to India that same year she was greeted by throngs of admirers and introduced to the Indian Parliament by Pandit Nehru as a representative of resurgent humanity.,Text,As she traveled around the cities and slums of that country she often spoke with young women
