Eleanor Roosevelt and Women's Rights

Eleanor Roosevelt and Women’s Rights

Eleanor Roosevelt is one of the most admired women in American history, grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all religions, races, and nations. Her constant work,  made her one of the most loved and for some years one of the most important women of her generation.

She acted as First Lady from 1933 until 1945, longer than any other presidential wife, and put that position on the nation´s political map.

Although she won much respect as the First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt gained a lot of her international respect as a civil rights activist long before that. While her husband, Franklin Roosevelt, was becoming governor of New York she was campaigning for him, unknowing that she was advancing her political career as well. In the process she became a role model for millions of Americans who applauded her activism on behalf of social causes.

Her participation in American politics and business was intense and she worked with women's groups around the nation to build their political base.  Like most women who became leaders of the women's movement, Eleanor Roosevelt became aware of the barriers women faced while working with other women on other social justice issues, so she created various forms and strategies supporters women's equality and women´s rights.

By the time of her death in 1962, Eleanor Roosevelt had become a beloved and influential politician whose power still influenced the White House. She appointed women to powerful positions in the administration. Indeed, her legacy remains strong today in national and international politics.