- Eleanor Roosevelt: An Incredible "Woman of Vision"
- She is a role model to me and a heroine to American women.
"At the time of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidency, the same time that Eleanor served as First Lady, most women found themselves within the walls of their homes. Only 25% of women worked outside the home. The vast majority of women, that being 75%, were unpaid homemakers. Mrs. Roosevelt used her weight in the media as a way to connect with women who found themselves in domestic isolation. With this in mind, Eleanor used three mediums to keep in touch with her female followers. She used the press conference, a daily newspaper column, and magazine articles. These three means opened up the communication into a two-way channel.... Eleanor Roosevelt recognized a need for American women to take part in media communications. As a public figure she harnessed the power of the media and used it to interact with the women of America. By use of this medium, Roosevelt attempted to break the barriers of the domestic household and broaden the spectrum of women. She also set a precedent for following first ladies to remain in touch with the nation by means of the media."
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt).
Oh, how I would love to do the things she did! I admire the way she used her wealth and education to help the poor and underrepresented people of America. She was able to travel the world, meet incredible people and do good things while she was at it. I know that being an active member of the New York Junior League, the president's wife, and a UN delegate took a lot of hard work, but with passion like her's anything is possible! I hope to develop the qualities she had: willingness to work with others, courage in the face of hopelessness, vision of justice, and a strong, confident voice for herself and others.
Please enjoy these quotes from The Quotations Page. They are the wonderful wisdom and articulate truths from Eleanor Roosevelt, one of the USA's finest first ladies. A finely educated woman, Eleanor used her knowledge and determination for good in many incredible ways.
- A woman is like a tea bag- you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.
- Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
- Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
- Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
- Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.
- I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.
- I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
- If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.
- It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.
- Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.
- Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
- Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
- One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
- The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
- You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
- No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
- People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
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