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Fundamental freedoms Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Facing History and Ourselves (author.). OverDrive, Inc., (distributor.).

Summary: Surveying Eleanor Roosevelt's early years and then concentrating on her life-long commitment as an activist, Fundamental Freedoms tells of Eleanor's pivotal role in creating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust. As demonstrated throughout all four parts of this resource, Eleanor was no ordinary person: she redefined the role of a first lady as she established her own career as a nationally-syndicated journalist and continually spoke out on behalf of the underprivileged.

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ISBN: 9781940457000
Physical Description: electronic resource
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Publisher: New York : Facing History and Ourselves
Copyright: ℗♭2013

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General Note:	Electronic book.
Formatted Contents Note:	About Facing History and Ourselves; Acknowledgments; Preface; Foreword; Part I: Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?; Introduction; Self-Annihilation; No Ordinary Life; Eleanor and Franklin; Independence; Women in Power; First Lady; A Utopia Softly Sketched; Racial Awkwardness; "A ... Mother Hen for All Rescue Agencies"; "Paper Walls"; Japanese Internment Camps; DOCUMENT 1: Becoming Eleanor; DOCUMENT 2: Refusing to Be "Frozen Out"; DOCUMENT 3: "The Basic Thing We Must Do Is to Stop Generalizing about People"; DOCUMENT 4: Marian Anderson and the Daughters of the American Revolution.; DOCUMENT 5: Eleanor and the Jewish Refugee Crisis (1939)PART II: World War II and the Birth of the United Nations; "What Are You Fighting For?"; A Lasting Peace; United Nations; "I Did Not Know Until I Saw"35; Hope and Rehabilitation; DOCUMENT 1: "How Much Democracy Do We Want?"; DOCUMENT 2: The "Four Freedoms" Speech; DOCUMENT 3: Eleanor and Wartime Race Riots; DOCUMENT 4: The Atlantic Charter; DOCUMENT 5: The United Nations Charter; DOCUMENT 6: "Naturally They Want to Go to Palestine"; DOCUMENT 7: Eleanor's Visits to the Displaced Persons Camps.; PART III: Negotiating the Universal Declaration of Human RightsUndertaking a New Mission; Individual and Society; A Tea Party with a Theme: How Universal Is Universal?; Beyond National Sovereignty: How to Protect Citizens From Their Own Government; Civil Rights as Human Rights; The Politics of Words; Adoption; DOCUMENT 1: Documents Reviewed by the Drafting Committee; DOCUMENT 2: The Individual or Society: The Human Rights Commission Debates; DOCUMENT 3: Statement on Human Rights by the American Anthropological Association; DOCUMENT 4: The Human Rights Commission and Blacks in America.; DOCUMENT 5: Social and Economic Rights: Eleanor's Speech at the SorbonneDOCUMENT 6: Magna Carta for Mankind; PART IV: The UDHR and its Legacy; The Universal Declaration of Human Rights; The Iron Curtain; "Where Do Human Rights Begin?"; Human Rights at Home; DOCUMENT 1: Drafting the Preamble; DOCUMENT 2: Reflections on Human Rights; DOCUMENT 3: Making History; Timeline; Index; Credits.
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. New York Facing History and Ourselves 2013 Available via World Wide Web.