Eleanor Roosevelt: Speech to the India League

April 6, 1952 (about 72 years ago)

Eleanor Roosevelt shares her impressions of India, marvelling and musing at the inspiring developments she had witnessed during her trip there.

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Eleanor Roosevelt: Civil Liberties - The Individual and the Community

March 14, 1940 (about 84 years ago)

Eleanor Roosevelt speaks on the importance of civil liberties committees in the lives of the "little people."

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Eleanor Roosevelt: The New Governmental Interest in the Arts

September 1, 1934 (over 89 years ago)

U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt talks about the artist's special place in society.

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Eleanor Roosevelt: The Struggle for Human Rights

September 28, 1948 (over 75 years ago)

Following the abstention of four members of the Commission on Human Rights, Eleanor Roosevelt discusses the points of dissent to the recently completed draft of the Declaration of Human Rights.

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Eleanor Roosevelt: Pan American Coffee Bureau Series, Program # 11

December 7, 1941 (over 82 years ago)

Deviating from the script she had prepared for that week's broadcast, U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt proceeds to address the nation regarding the Pearl Harbor attack, becoming the first public figure to do so.

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Eleanor Roosevelt: The Negro and Social Change

January 1, 1936 (over 88 years ago)

Eleanor Roosevelt speaks to the National Urban League on the vital role that education plays in the Negroes' struggle for social and economic equality.

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Eleanor Roosevelt: Commencement Address at Sarah Lawrence College

June 7, 1957 (almost 67 years ago)

Eleanor Roosevelt talks to the graduating class about the opportunities and responsibilities awaiting them as young citizens of a great democratic nation.

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Eleanor Roosevelt: Old Age Pensions

March 1, 1934 (about 90 years ago)

In a speech before the D.C. Branch of the American Association for Social Security, the Council of Social Agencies, and the Monday Evening Club, U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt examines the old age pension laws in various states, and talks about a particular incident that had made her aware of ...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: Remarks to the Americans for Democratic Action on Individual Liberty

April 2, 1950 (about 74 years ago)

Eleanor Roosevelt shares the insights she has gained from dealing with communist representatives in the United Nations, and commends the ADA (Americans for Democratic Action) for encouraging individuals to think as individuals.

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Eleanor Roosevelt: Speech on V-J Day

August 18, 1945 (over 78 years ago)

Eleanor Roosevelt expresses a myriad of emotions as she addresses the nation on Victory over Japan Day - sorrow for the casualties of war, gratitude for the dawning of peace, and a kind of fearful awe of the technology that had brought it all about.

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