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It Was Said

Eleanor Roosevelt, and The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

It Was Said

Audacy Podcasts | The HISTORY Channel

History, Society & Culture

4.73.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Eleanor Roosevelt champions the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a foundational document proclaiming that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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She was one of the most inexhaustible figures in American history.

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Nice of one president, wife of another, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt forged a path for herself through the 20th century, shaping the lives of innumerable others and creating possibilities for millions.

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And she did it not least through relentless hard work.

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There's a wonderful New Yorker cartoon from the FDR years.

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Two coal miners are at their jobs underground. Grimey tired on the edges of society. They look up and one says, for gosh sakes, here comes Mrs. Roosevelt.

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We stand today at the threshold of a great event, both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind.

2:06.0

This universal declaration of human rights may well become the international magnet-cater of all men everywhere.

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We hope its proclamation by the General Assembly will be an event comparable to the proclamation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man by the French people in 1789.

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The adoption of the Bill of Rights by the people of the United States and the adoption of comparable declarations at different times in other countries.

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