Eleanor Roosevelt Would Have Approved of Occupy Wall Street

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Mike

From a blog written yesterday by Suzanne Kahn for the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, I learned new things about one of my icons, Eleanor Roosevelt.  In addition to writing a syndicated newspaper column, she wrote a monthly advice column, “My Day,” for women’s magazines from 1941 until 1962.  These columns provided a wide range [...]

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A Former “First Lady”’s View on Women

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Mike

I was doing a crossword puzzle recently and one of the questions was to name the person who said: A woman’s place in public is to sit beside her husband, be silent, and be sure her hat is on straight. I didn’t know the answer, but it turned out that the speaker was former “first [...]

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