Women

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Eleanor Roosevelt

• Womens African American Rights
• Born 1884 Died 1962

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Words to Know

• Authority- the right to lead and make decisions
• Campaign- time in which those running for office
  try to convince people to vote for them
• Human rights- the rights, or freedoms, that all
  humans deserve to have
• Immigrant- a person who comes into a country from
  another country to live

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Words to Know

• Respect and acceptance of authority- obeying
  rules and expectations of adults and leaders
• Tolerance-respecting the beliefs and practice of
  others
• United Nations (UN)- an organization that helped
  keep peace among the nations of the world.
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights- a list of
  many important rights for all types of people

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Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?

• Eleanor Roosevelt grew up wealthy, but still
  helped others.
• She was the wife of a President.
• She worked to bring peace, education, and freedom
  to people all over the world.
• When she was 15, she went to school in England.
• She learned that she was a leader who could think
  for herself.

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Eleanors Life

• 1905 She married her distant cousin, FDR. They
  wanted to help others.
• She helped fight for the right for women to vote.
  
• 1925 She started the Val-Kill Furniture-Making
  Shop on her land, which helped people get jobs.
• 1932-1945 She became First Lady. She wrote
  people back who wrote her and helped them get
  their needs met. She also helped FDR when he
  couldnt travel places she went for him.

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Eleanors Life

• She met with reporters and wrote a newspaper
  column.
• She helped African Americans by working with
  leaders like Mary McLeod Bethune.
• 1941-1945 During WWII, she visited the South
  Pacific Islands to meet US soldiers. She met with
  leaders in Canada and England.
• She kept working teaching college,
  representative on the UN, hosted a TV show
• She is known as the First Lady of the World