Eleanor Roosevelt

Overview

Eleanor Roosevelt born Manhattan, NY October 11, 1884 (d. 1962). Internationalist; drafter of UN Human Rights Declaration, 1948; Chair of UN Commission on Human Rights, 1947-51; US delegate to UN, 1946, 1949-52, 1961.

Quotations

"The time to prepare for world peace is during the time of peace and not during the time of war." (New York Times, Oct. 15, 1927; photo wikicommons pd)