Eleanor Rosevelt

Growing up in India, as I did, one never hears about female elected officials of United States. We had our own female leaders to study that not much was taught about female leaders of other countries. But among the exception was Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of one the greatest American President. Though, she was the wife of Franklin Roosevelt, she was not known for being his wife. She, as I remember, more than any other …

…warmth. When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?                                                               -Eleanor Roosevelt Among her several acomplishments as former first lady, she helped United Nations establish the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This achievement established her as a world figure.         Few women in world history had posed to themselves more steadily questions like 'what am I here for, what is life's purpose, who am I?'