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Eleanor Roosevelt

First Lady of the United States 1933–1945; United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly 1945–1952; Chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights 1946–1951

United States · 1884–1962

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Served as First Lady of the United States during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Wrote the syndicated daily newspaper column 'My Day' from 1935 to 1962. Chaired the United Nations Commission on Human Rights during the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Recorded · On the billboard

If silence seems to give approval, then remaining silent is cowardly.

If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere, what would it say and why? 'If You Ask Me' column, Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project, The George Washington University, September 1944 source ↗

Question What advice would you give your twenty-year-old self, and what should they ignore? Time & hindsight read 77 other answers →

Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.

Recorded You Learn by Living (1960), Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project, The George Washington University, 1960 source ↗

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