One of the greatest figures of all-times...

[WI_DEM]

"She would rather light a candle than curse the darkness."--Adlai Stevenson on Eleanor Roosevelt

[monmouth]

1. What wonderful photos. The one with Marian Anderson is beautiful..n/t

[lumpy]

6. Eleanor Roosevelt was a champion for civil rights and a true

humanitarian. Marian Anderson was not allowed by The Daughters of the American Revelution to give a concert in their holy halls. Many women dropped their membership in that organization, my Mother included. Eleanor Roosevelt should be an inspiration to women, one of the few woman who embodied the best qualities of the human race.

[Lucinda]

2. I hadn't seen a few of these, thank you!

:hi:

[Uncle Joe]

3. I agree and those are nice pics.

Thanks for the thread, WI_DEM.:thumbsup:

[demmiblue]

4. Yep. K&R

:kick:

[Stuart G]

5. k & r thanks for posting...nt

[roguevalley]

7. what an awesome woman she was

No one can make you feel inferior without your permission. -e. roosevelt

[Rex]

8. The mold in which all First Ladies should pattern themselves

after imo.

[hue]

9. Thanks for this remembrance!! (rec'd) n/t

[secondwind]

10. She's my role model. "Noone can make you feel inferior without your consent."

[jwirr]

11. We do not often say it but she was the other half of the team. FDR

could not have done the job he did without her. She is my hero.

[Odin2005]

12. Greatest first lady EVER.

[Enthusiast]

13. She was a great liberal.

I love her.

[avaistheone1]

14. Strongly recommend

Our greatest first lady ever.

:kick:


k&r

[gateley]

15. K&R - great pics, great human being. nt

[Beacool]

16. One of my favorite First Ladies.

The other one is obvious. I also admire Abigail Adams.

Three remarkable women, each controversial in their own time.

;-)

[rosesaylavee]

17. Wonderful reminder of a great human being.

Thanks for the thread!

[AllyCat]

18. Definitely a person in history I would love to have met given the chance

What a great lady!

[James48]

19. Flight...soaring

"it was while she was First Lady that Mrs. Roosevelt did something that surprised the nation and would have a far-reaching impact on the U.S. military establishment: She took an airplane ride. While visiting Tuskegee, Alabama in March, 1941 to see the work being done at the Tuskegee Institute, she also visited the Tuskegee Army Air Field which was close by. When she expressed a wish to take a ride in an airplane piloted by a black man, TAAF flight instructor Alfred "Chief" Anderson stepped up.

According to the book A-Train by Tuskegee Airman Charles W. Dryden, Mrs. Roosevelt told Anderson, "I always heard Negroes couldn't fly and I wondered if you'd mind taking me up." It is reported that they flew over the hills and fields of Alabama in Anderson's little Piper Cub for quite awhile. When they landed, Mrs. Roosevelt said, "Well, you can fly alright" and asked that a photograph be taken of her with Chief Anderson in the airplane."

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--SjB6mBc-tU/TcHvQ2AuF3I/AAAAAAAAAGk/XHgIZ4JYSpw/s320/RTP+Photos+018.jpg

[James48]

20. more

She even brought along knitting needles during her flights....





Don't try that today!

[lumpy]

21. Bless her heart, love that big smile. Thanks for posting that

beautiful picture.