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As black history month comes to a close,it is important that we continue to celebrate black history this month and every month. Eleanor Roosevelt corresponded and worked directly with many black leaders of her time, who pushed her to address much needed social justice and change

On this day in 1946, Eleanor Roosevelt wrote in the My Day Column: "we [...] must try to see that those who represent not one state, as they may think, but the nation as a whole, truly represent what we think is essential to future peace and world fellowship". #declareHR !

Profoundly inspiring and powerful. #wewillwin !

The celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights took place in Hyde Park this past Friday, December 7th. Residents and local public figures of Hyde Park gathered to discuss the document's profound and lasting influence.

"All kinds of rights are tied together. If we fail to grant any one of them, we will find ourselves failing to achieve the full measure of human rights and freedoms, the goal we desire to attain" -Eleanor Roosevelt

December 10th, 1948: "the declaration will set a standard for human rights and freedoms, and if these standards are recognized as good I believe peoples throughout the world, who feel they are not being treated fairly, will gain a knowledge of the declaration."-Eleanor Roosevelt

#DidYouKnow Eleanor Roosevelt played a crucial role in drafting and publishing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? Read more about the UDHR here: un.org/en/universal-declarat… #Standup4humanrights #UDHR70 #declareHR #UnitedNations

Political Adviser to FDR, Louis Howe believed Eleanor Roosevelt should run for President of the United States. #POTUS #FunFactFriday #tb

#EleanorRoosevelt was the first wife of a Presidential Candidate to make a speech at the Democratic National Convention #FunFactFriday

#EleanorRoosevelt initiated Teacher Appreciation Week #TeacherAppreciationWeek #FunFactFriday #May

#EleanorRoosevelt received an avg of 50,000 letters and generated an avg of 21,000 letters annually from 1945-1962. #FunFactFriday

"Education only ends with death." #EleanorRoosevelt #QOTD #WednesdayWisdom #TB

#EleanorRoosevelt wrote 27 books, 8,000+ columns, 555+ articles. #FunFactFriday #WomenWhoWrite

"One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education..." #EleanorRoosevelt #QOTD #WednesdayWisdom #TB

Franklin asked Eleanor to dance when she was fifteen at a family Christmas party. #FunFactFriday #loveisintheair

"Women who want to lead must stand up and be shot at. More and more they are going to do it, and more and more they should do it." #ER

#EleanorRoosevelt was nominated 3x for the Nobel Peace Prize. #FunFactFriday

"There is a great consciousness of feminism only when there are many wrongs to be righted." #EleanorRoosevelt #QOTD #WednesdayWisdom #TB

The FBI told ER that the Ku Klux Klan had put out a $25,000 reward for her assassination. #FactFriday

"No revolution has come about because women have been given the right to vote." #EleanorRoosevelt #QOTD #WednesdayWisdom #TB