Eleanor Roosevelt
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East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart by Susan Butler (Review)...other professional interests to become Earhart's manager and agent. She became close friends with Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt, and had a lengthy affair with Gene Vidal. She also, perhaps most notably, taught at Purdue University in the... In this article: Amelia Earhart, Susan Butler, Gore Vidal, Ninety-Nines, National Aeronautic Association, Purdue University, MIT, Harvard, and Fred Noonan |
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San Jose Mercury News | October 23, 2009
Review: 'Amelia' fails to take flight
...a more successful course. When Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt (the delightful Cherry Jones of "24") share piloting duties over Washington, D.C., during an impromptu flight, "Amelia" comes alive with potential. Sadly, this pivotal scene...
In this article: Amelia Earhart, Amelia, Amelia, Richard Gere, Ron Bass, Mira Nair, Hilary Swank, and Oscar
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New York Post | October 23, 2009
1st-class seat to dullsville
...events, punctuated by faux newsreels. Earhart is self-consciously presented as a feminist icon, clumsily underlined when she takes Eleanor Roosevelt (Cherry Jones) for a flight over Washington. According to this version, Earhart's push...
In this article: Amelia Earhart, Amelia, Mira Nair, George Putnam, Hilary Swank, Pacific, Stuart Dryburgh, Oscars, and DVD
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South Bend Tribune | October 29, 2009
Autopilot filmmaking :' Amelia' never takes flight despite material
...with Earhart on her final flight over the Pacific, and Cherry Jones, who briefly enlivens the film as Eleanor Roosevelt on a night flight with Earhart. Then there's Swank, whose career is perplexing. Her breakthrough role with...
In this article: Amelia Earhart, Hilary Swank, Amelia, Amelia, Academy Award, Mira Nair, Purdue University, Pacific Ocean, and Atlantic and Pacific
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PopMatters | October 23, 2009
Amelia (Review)
...the ocean and sky, alluding to Amelia's last flight in 1937 and enduring mystery. But aside from an anomalous scene where Amelia takes Eleanor Roosevelt (Cherry Jones) up in her plane for a nighttime excursion over a blinking-lit city, Amelia...
In this article: Amelia Earhart, Mira Nair, Hilary Swank, George Putnam, Ewan McGregor, Richard Gere, and Cherry Jones
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The Daily Reflector | November 04, 2009
Iconic feminist Gloria Steinem speaking at ECU on Friday
Tucker said Steinem is likely to discuss the history of female advancement in this country during a talk that may include mentions of Keller, Earhart and Roosevelt, each of whom pushed the view of a woman's place in American society.
In this article: Gloria Steinem, East Carolina University, Amelia Earhart, Helen Keller, National Women's Political Caucus, and Ms. Magazine
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | October 21, 2009
Famed aviator's hair 'a piece of thread'
...the world. Museum officials said they had confidence in the artefact, having been recovered by a maid at the White House after Earhart - a friend of first lady Eleanor Roosevelt - stayed there shortly before her final flight. "It was...
In this article: Amelia Earhart, Pacific, US, Air and Space Museum, White House, Cleveland, and Ohio
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (pronounced: /ˈɛlɪnɔr ˈroʊzəvɛlt/; October 11, 1884–November 7, 1962) was the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. She was an honorary member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority. She supported the New Deal policies of her husband, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and assumed a role as an advocate for civil rights. After her husband's death in 1945, Roosevelt continued to be an internationally prominent author, speaker, politician, and activist for the New Deal coalition. She worked to enhance the status of working women, although she opposed the Equal Rights Amendment because she believed it would adversely affect women.
In the 1940s, Roosevelt was one of the co-founders of Freedom House and supported the formation of the United Nations. Roosevelt founded the UN Association of the United States in 1943 to advance support for the formation of the UN. She was a delegate to the UN General Assembly from 1945 and 1952, a job for which she was appointed by President Harry S. Truman and confirmed by the United States Senate. During her time at the United Nations she chaired the committee that drafted and approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
President Truman called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements.
Active in politics for the rest of her life, Roosevelt chaired the John F. Kennedy administration's ground-breaking committee which helped start second-wave feminism, the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. She was one of the most admired people of the 20th century, according to Gallup's List of Widely Admired People.
- Name At Birth:
- Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
- Birth Date:
- October 11, 1884
- Birthplace:
- United States
- Death Date:
- November 07, 1962
- Place of Death:
- United States
- Religion:
- Episcopal
- Spouse:
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Occupation:
- First Lady, diplomat, activist
- Political party:
- Democratic
- Office:
- United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly
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