Eleanor Roosevelt initially declined appointment to the United Nations, telling United States President Harry Truman that while she appreciated his offer, she felt unqualified to hold the post. But by ...

The seventy-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in December 2023 was an opportunity to re-examine the work of Eleanor Roosevelt and her colleagues in the United Nations as ...

FILE - Eleanor Roosevelt talks with Rene Cassin, French member of the United Nations Commission on human rights, before Mrs. Roosevelt's speech at the Sorbonne in Paris, Sept. 28, 1948. Seventy-five ...

COMMENTARY: The document’s Dec. 10 anniversary is a reminder not to give up on its noble aim of recognizing the dignity of each and every human being. Eleanor Roosevelt holding poster of the Universal ...

HYDE PARK — To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site and Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, ...

How Eleanor Roosevelt’s leadership made her the “First Lady of the World.” The statue of first lady Eleanor Roosevelt stands before the United Nations emblem at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt memorial.

A fierce advocate for the downtrodden during her husband’s presidency, Roosevelt spent her later years pushing for human ...

Read full article: Altamonte Springs police search for missing 13-year-old girl FILE - Eleanor Roosevelt talks with Rene Cassin, French member of the United Nations Commission on human rights, before ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Seventy-five years ago on Sunday, the U.N.