Eleanor Roosevelt fought for civil and equal rights. After she left the white house she successfully created the Justice Department of Civil Rights. Around the same time she worked as a board member of the NAACP, and she also worked in other civil rights organization. Eleanor helped fight for African American rights. Eleanor Roosevelt was inspired by Martin Luther King Jr, and rosa parks. Eleanor Roosevelt felt that women should be paid and treated the same,so she testified a last time before Congress in April 1962 in support of legislation that would guarantee gender pay equity. Eventually she came to support the Equal rights amendment, dropping her past thought about it.
