Comm 8
21 September 2012
General purpose: to inform
Specific purpose: At the end of my speech, the audience will know Eleanor Roosevelt background and her greatest accomplishment, also about the Declaration of human rights and both their impact on the world.
Eleanor Roosevelt 1. Introduction a) Have you ever wondered what a first lady goes through? Well back in the time for the first one hundred forty-four years of the presidency the first ladies were generally little accessory for the president. In 1933, this was all to change when Eleanor Roosevelt became first lady of the United States; she became the wife of the 32 president. 2. Body a) Background
– was born to a well-known family, niece of Theodore Roosevelt
-October 11, 1884 New York City and died on 1962
-American humanitarian
- She was an active worker in social causes
-Married Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a distant cousin in 1905
- 6 children’s
- She was educated by private tutors until 1899 in this year she attended Allenswood, a finishing school in London, England, from 1899–1902.
- She conducted a radio program, and she traveled around the country, lecturing, observing conditions, and furthering causes.
- An accomplished writer, she initiated (1935) a daily column, “My Day” syndicated in many newspapers.
- In 1933 she conducted the first press conference ever held by a U.S. president’s wife
- In ww2 she was assistant director of the Office of Civilian Defense from 1941-1942,
- she was a U.S. delegate to the United Nations from 1945 to 1953 and again in 1961, and in 1946 she was made chair of the Commission on Human Rights.
- In the 1950s she became a leader of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party.
b) The declaration of human rights
-Eleanor Roosevelt was one of the driving forces behind the universal declaration of human rights.
- On December 10, 1948 Eleanor Roosevelt gave a speech in the United Nations General Assembly at Palais de