ePub Incidents of My Life: Edmund Ruffin's Autobiographical Essays (Virginia Historical Society) by David F Allmendinger jr. in History

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Eleanor Roosevelt once asked; ‘Where do human rights begin? In small places; close to home; so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Such are the places where every man; woman; and child seeks equal justice; equal opportunity; equal dignity without discrimination.’ As the Chair of the United Nations commission drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Eleanor Roosevelt worked tirelessly from 1946 to 1948.... Through Volume 1 of the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers; we honor her work; her legacy; her timeless values and ideals; and her commitment to imagining a better future for all people. As you read through this volume; I hope her words will be a call to action.―from the foreword by Hillary Rodham ClintonEleanor Roosevelt walked out of the White House more than the president's widow. As a nationally syndicated columnist; popular lecturer; author; party leader; and social activist; Roosevelt assured her friends that "my voice will not be silent." Vowing not to be a "workless worker in a world of work;" Roosevelt dedicated her unstinting energy to "winning the peace."The 410 documents in The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers; Volume 1: The Human Rights Years; 1945-1948; collected from 263 archives in 50 states and 9 nations; chronicle not only Roosevelt's impact on American politics and the United Nations; but also the serious treatment she received from those in power. They disclose the inner workings of Truman's first administration; the United Nations; and the major social and political movements of the postwar world. They also reveal the intense struggles Roosevelt's correspondents and advisors had confronting a war-scarred world; the conflicting advice they gave her; and the material Roosevelt reviewed and the people she consulted while determining her own course of action.Using a wide variety of material―letters; speeches; columns; debates; committee transcripts; telegrams; and diary entries―this first of five volumes presents a representative selection of the actions Eleanor Roosevelt took to define; implement; and promote human rights and the impact her work had at home and abroad. Readers may disagree over various decisions she made; language that she used; or the priorities she established. Yet her influence is unquestioned.