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“Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.”

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Eleanor Roosevelt

Former First Lady of the United States, political activist, and author. Eleanor Roosevelt is renowned for her exceptional social activism and contributions to civil rights. She served as the First Lady during her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency and continued to be actively involved in political and social affairs after his death. more

“By the summer of 1933, Eleanor's melancholy had passed. 'The times of depression are often felt as gaps,' a psychologist has written, 'temporary losses of certainty or identity which leave us feeling empty.' Seen in this light, Eleanor's despondency was the intervening period of chaos between the breakup of her old identity as teacher and political activist in New York State and the establishment of a new identity in the White House.”

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Book:No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II

Source: No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II

“I do not mind riding in day coaches...Please do not put yourself or the railroad to extra expense.--First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt”

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Book:Hissing Cousins: The Untold Story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Source: Hissing Cousins: The Untold Story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth

“I feel rather sad about politics,' she [Eleanor Roosevelt] wrote Isabella, 'there are so many who are out for themselves and not for the good of the country in both parties and conditions are so unsettled that we need a really fine leader.”

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Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook

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