Friday, 1 August 2014

Eleanor roosevelt

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.Eleanor Roosevelt
One of the most important personalities of the twentieth century Eleanor played a major role in shaping events across the globe. She was a strong supporter of civil rights,positive discrimination,gender justice,democracy and a poverty free world.
During the second world war Eleanor was a pillor of strength to her ailing husband,who was the president at that time.She was a strong supporter of The Morgenthau Plan to de-industrialize Germany and warned that a strong and industrialized Germany would be a threat to World peace.
Her legacy include Public funding for schools for the disadvantaged,Human Rights movement and the Civil Rights movement for the African-American people.
An extremely controversial figure in her lifetime,Eleanor was never daunted by the prevailing adverse circumstances and always struggled to overcome them.

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