Roosevelt, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Eleanor (1884–1962), first lady, diplomat, journalist, and activist.Eleanor Roosevelt struggled to reconcile an intense abhorrence of war with a realpolitik commitment against totalitarianism. This caused her to weigh deeply held but often conflicting beliefs. In World War I, as wife of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt, she worked with shell‐shocked sailors at St. Elizabeth's Hospital and the American Red Cross Canteen, and this introduced her to some of the ravages of war. Later she joined the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and chaired the Bok Peace Prize Committee. Her second monograph, This Troubled World, was a plea for economic deterrence instead of war. However, by late 1939, Adolf Hitler's actions...
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