The New First Lady
Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” Known as the reluctant first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt accomplished many tasks that previous First Ladies’ thought they could not do. With no option of becoming the First Lady, she refused to accept the “housewife” role and changed the way the United States viewed the role of the First Lady by her outspoken personal views, participation in the media, and her numerous trips around the world while assisting her husband.
While previous first ladies refrained from public discussion of their personal views, Eleanor’s bold opinions on political, social, and racial issues took many by surprise (Albion). Not content to stay in the background and handle …show more content…
Eleanor disagreed with the decision to deny a world-renowned African American singer to perform and showed her protest by posting her resignation from the Daughters of the American Revolution in her column “My Day”. Although taking part in radio broadcasting was a controversial career of a president’s wife, Eleanor chose to share her personal views with the media. She was called "the President 's eyes, ears and legs" and provided objective information to her husband about what she learned while …show more content…
No First Lady served through two nationally traumatic events such as did Eleanor Roosevelt, presiding at the White House during the Great Depression and World War II. Unique to her tenure was the fact that the President was physically limited by his then-hidden condition of polio (First Ladies’ Library) .Eleanor Roosevelt has been called one of the 20th century 's most influential women (UShistory). In terms of her life experiences and her evolving vision as First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt was unprecedented in comparison to others who had or would assume the role (First Ladies’ Library). She was a wife, mother, teacher, First Lady of New York, First Lady of the country, newspaper columnist, author, world traveler, diplomat, and seasoned politician who forever altered the role of the future First
Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” Known as the reluctant first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt accomplished many tasks that previous First Ladies’ thought they could not do. With no option of becoming the First Lady, she refused to accept the “housewife” role and changed the way the United States viewed the role of the First Lady by her outspoken personal views, participation in the media, and her numerous trips around the world while assisting her husband.
While previous first ladies refrained from public discussion of their personal views, Eleanor’s bold opinions on political, social, and racial issues took many by surprise (Albion). Not content to stay in the background and handle …show more content…
Eleanor disagreed with the decision to deny a world-renowned African American singer to perform and showed her protest by posting her resignation from the Daughters of the American Revolution in her column “My Day”. Although taking part in radio broadcasting was a controversial career of a president’s wife, Eleanor chose to share her personal views with the media. She was called "the President 's eyes, ears and legs" and provided objective information to her husband about what she learned while …show more content…
No First Lady served through two nationally traumatic events such as did Eleanor Roosevelt, presiding at the White House during the Great Depression and World War II. Unique to her tenure was the fact that the President was physically limited by his then-hidden condition of polio (First Ladies’ Library) .Eleanor Roosevelt has been called one of the 20th century 's most influential women (UShistory). In terms of her life experiences and her evolving vision as First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt was unprecedented in comparison to others who had or would assume the role (First Ladies’ Library). She was a wife, mother, teacher, First Lady of New York, First Lady of the country, newspaper columnist, author, world traveler, diplomat, and seasoned politician who forever altered the role of the future First