Anna Eleanor Roosvelt
Celebrata dal Presidente Harry Truman con l’appellativo di “First Lady of the World”, Eleanor Roosvelt fu una delle prime donne a combattere con armi femministe le moderne lotte sociali impegnando la sua vita a sostegno del Movimento americano per i diritti civili. Ebbe un importante ruolo nel processo di creazione delle Nazioni Unite, della United Nations Association e della Freedom House, istituto di ricerca per la promozione della pace e della democrazia nel mondo, nonché nella difesa dei diritti degli afroamericani. Nel 1948 presiedette la commissione che delineò e approvò la Dichiarazione universale dei diritti dell’uomo. Fu tra i primi attivisti a vedere nella pubblicità un potente mezzo di comunicazione e ad utilizzarlo per le raccolte fondi, nonostante il Dipartimento di Stato cercò più volte (ed invano) di annullare i contratti stipulati con le aziende.
Celebrated by President Harry Truman and thence remembered with the nickname of “First Lady of the World”, Eleanor Roosevelt was one of the very first ladies to use feminist tools in order to fight against modern social burdens and she dedicated her whole life supporting the American movement for civil rights. She did play a key role in the setting up process of the United Nations, the United Nations Association and the Freedom House, a research institute committed to promoting peace and democracy throughout the world as well as actively acting in defense of afroame-ricans’ civil rights. In 1948 Eleanor served as the first chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights and oversaw the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Later she chaired the John F. Kennedy administration’s Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. She was one of the very first activists to see and consider advertising as a powerful means of communication and did use it to raise funds, notwithstanding the fact that the Department of State, on many occasions… though always in vain, kept trying to rule out and cancel any kind of contract that may have been stipulated with companies.
