How Eleanor Roosevelt Changed America

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was one of the most beloved First Ladies and an active equal rights champion. She dedicated her life to making America a better place for everyone, and throughout it did much good for the world. A true leader and an intelligent mind, she changed America forever.
One of the most remarkable things about Eleanor is her determination to see good for everyone. She stood up for underdogs, anyone who was treated unfairly, and helped them fight for their rights. Even from eighteen years old, she volunteered as a teacher to poor immigrant kids and joined the National Consumers league. It is an organization that strives to end dangerous and unfair working conditions. Then in 1939, black singer Marian Anderson was denied a chance
Eleanor Roosevelt resigned from the DAR in protest and wrote a letter expressing her disapproval on its racist actions. She then provided Marian with the chance to sing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, a concert that would go down in the history books. Eleanor was also a prominent leader in organizations such as the League of Women Voters, the Women's City Club, the Women's Trade Union League, and the Women's Division of the New York State Democratic Committee, which fought for better work rights and social rights for women. Not to be concerned with bigots, she often sat with black delegates at conferences. She also went to rallies and protests, which was very uncommon for prestigious upper-class women at the time. Later, after her husband’s death, she would become the U.S. delegate for the United Nations. At the United Nations, she took on the role of chairwomen for the new Human Rights Commission and drafted a
When FDR became disabled over the illness polio, she pulled back her shoulders, straightened her back, and did what she had to with dignity and efficiency. While he was close to death from symptoms of the disease, Eleanor took care of him, an act that many people agree aided greatly in his recovery from the brink of death. She also persuaded him not to give up on politics against the wishes of his mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt. Eleanor organized his 1932 presidential campaign; his first one, which he won. From managing his public image to giving speeches on his behalf, her help led Franklin to win by a large margin. Her dedication to her husband didn’t stop there, though. As a first lady, she continued to be her husband’s “eyes and ears”. Eleanor would regularly check up on government projects and report back to him. She made sure letters to the president were addressed. Furthermore, she would also talk to workers and attend their meetings so that the president could know what the people were thinking. By WWII, Eleanor even bravely stepped up to the British home front to investigate conditions and observe the U.S. troops stationed there. Chalmers Roberts, an employee of the Office of War Information who was assigned on Roosevelt’s trip noted that “she never spared herself”, referring to her grueling schedule from 8 a.m. to midnight. Indeed, she was ever dedicated on that trip. When