Biography
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving first lady of the United States, during her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms as president from 1933 to 1945. Through her travels, public engagement, and advocacy, she largely redefined the role. Widowed in 1945, she served as a United States delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952, and took a leading role in designing the text and gaining international support for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1948, she was given a standing ovation by the assembly upon their adoption of the declaration. President Harry S. Truman called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements.
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Awards & recognition
- National Women's Hall of Fame · 1973
- United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights · 1968
- Gandhi Peace Award · 1960
- Nansen Refugee Award · 1954
- Deshikottam · 1952
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- doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon · 1948
- honorary doctor of the University of Utrecht · 1948
- honorary doctor of Brandeis University
- Nobel Peace Prize · 1962 · nominated
- Nobel Peace Prize · 1959 · nominated
- Nobel Peace Prize · 1955 · nominated
- Nobel Peace Prize · 1949 · nominated
- Nobel Peace Prize · 1947 · nominated
Filmography13 titles
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Race for the White House
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
The Untold History of the United States
FDR
What's My Line?
FDR
The Ed Sullivan Show
Mike Wallace Is Here
American Experience
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
First Ladies