Works Cited
American Experience. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2013. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/eleanor-biography/>. This site shows that Eleanor spent her life working hard until she died.
“Eleanor Roosevelt’s Role in the Women’s/Feminist Movement.” Gale Student Resources in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Student Resources In Context. Web. 29 Oct. 2013. This site shows how Eleanor shaped the role of First Lady; from a non-active to an active role. She supported women rights and helped make an Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
“First Lady Biography: Eleanor Roosevelt.” National First Ladies’ Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2013. <http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=33>. This site shows what Eleanor did and what kind of jobs she did. Also, how much she did for the American people, as First Lady. She did so much, she was part of lots of woman activist groups.
Miller Center University of Virginia. N.p., 2013. Web. 29 Oct. 2013. <http://millercenter.org/president/fdroosevelt/essays/firstlady>. This site shows what Eleanor did after being the First Lady. She continued to be very active in politics and the daily life of the American life.
National Women’s History Museum. Doris Weatherford, n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2013. <http://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/eleanor-roosevelt/>. This site shows Eleanor’s postive support for african- americans and womens rights. She was working on the Equal Pay Act in the last year of her life.
“Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor.” West’s Encyclopedia of American Law. Ed. Shirelle Phelps and Jeffrey Lehman. 2nd ed. Vol. 8. Detroit: Gale, 2005. 390-393. U.S. History In Context. Web. 29 Oct. 2013. This site shows how Anna Eleanor Roosevelt grew up and her role later in life. It explains how after her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt, got poliomyelitis and she became his surrogate; she went to the meetings for him. But by this time their union was manly political; for Eleanor caught her husband having an affair with her social secretary, Lucy Page Mercer. She also supported women to speak up; that included african-americans. She was a one of the first U.S delegates to the United Nations; assigned by President Harry S. Truman, in December 1945. She died in November 7,1962; in her birth town, at the age 74.
Ware, Susan. “Women and the Great Depression.” The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2013. <http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/great-depression/essays/women-and-great-depression>. This site shows what happened to women during the Great Depression and the difficulties that it placed on women. Women were less likely to go into breadlines; they rather be as quite as mice and eat a cracker a day. Women were scorned or worse when they sought employment because people would rather have men work and it was considered shameful to try take work away from men. Employers tried to blame women, that the Great Depression was their fault. Women started to try to become equal citizens, so they could get benefits. Women got to work in administrations, when the New Deal came. But the Great Depression left an invisible scar on women.
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American Experience. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2013. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/eleanor-biography/>. This site shows that Eleanor spent her life working hard until she died.
“Eleanor Roosevelt’s Role in the Women’s/Feminist Movement.” Gale Student Resources in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Student Resources In Context. Web. 29 Oct. 2013. This site shows how Eleanor shaped the role of First Lady; from a non-active to an active role. She supported women rights and helped make an Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
“First Lady Biography: Eleanor Roosevelt.” National First Ladies’ Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2013. <http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=33>. This site shows what Eleanor did and what kind of jobs she did. Also, how much she did for the American people, as First Lady. She did so much, she was part of lots of woman activist groups.
Miller Center University of Virginia. N.p., 2013. Web. 29 Oct. 2013. <http://millercenter.org/president/fdroosevelt/essays/firstlady>. This site shows what Eleanor did after being the First Lady. She continued to be very active in politics and the daily life of the American life.
National Women’s History Museum. Doris Weatherford, n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2013. <http://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/eleanor-roosevelt/>. This site shows Eleanor’s postive support for african- americans and womens rights. She was working on the Equal Pay Act in the last year of her life.
“Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor.” West’s Encyclopedia of American Law. Ed. Shirelle Phelps and Jeffrey Lehman. 2nd ed. Vol. 8. Detroit: Gale, 2005. 390-393. U.S. History In Context. Web. 29 Oct. 2013. This site shows how Anna Eleanor Roosevelt grew up and her role later in life. It explains how after her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt, got poliomyelitis and she became his surrogate; she went to the meetings for him. But by this time their union was manly political; for Eleanor caught her husband having an affair with her social secretary, Lucy Page Mercer. She also supported women to speak up; that included african-americans. She was a one of the first U.S delegates to the United Nations; assigned by President Harry S. Truman, in December 1945. She died in November 7,1962; in her birth town, at the age 74.
Ware, Susan. “Women and the Great Depression.” The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2013. <http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/great-depression/essays/women-and-great-depression>. This site shows what happened to women during the Great Depression and the difficulties that it placed on women. Women were less likely to go into breadlines; they rather be as quite as mice and eat a cracker a day. Women were scorned or worse when they sought employment because people would rather have men work and it was considered shameful to try take work away from men. Employers tried to blame women, that the Great Depression was their fault. Women started to try to become equal citizens, so they could get benefits. Women got to work in administrations, when the New Deal came. But the Great Depression left an invisible scar on women.
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