Eleanor Roosevelt’s broad participation in social and political causes during her time as First Lady was important in shifting the First Lady’s role from passive to active as an agent for change
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During the Great Depression she traveled through the United States promoting the New Deal, and visited the troops on the battle fronts of World War II.
Beginning in the 1920s, Eleanor began to actively participate in the League of Voter Women, in the Women's League of the Trade Union, and in the Women's Division of the Democratic Party.
After the Second World War she participated in the formulation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations, referring to it as "The Magna Carta of Humanity".
Breaking the schemes, she gave 350 press conferences for women journalists only, traveled throughout the country, gave lectures, participated in radio broadcasts and expressed her opinions in a newspaper column called My Day.
She continued to participate actively in the political life of his country until her death in 1962. She participated in the formations of numerous institutions, the most notable among them the United Nations, the United Nations Association, and the Freedom House. She chaired the UN Human Rights Committee and her role was key in the approval in 1948 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
President Harry Truman referred to her as the "first lady of the world" in honor of her extensive travels to promote Human Rights.
