Sixty-one years ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Much contested and debated at the UN before its acceptance, the UDHR was developed as a non-binding agreement of nations working towards and upholding basic human rights for all individuals around the world. Eleanor Roosevelt, a key player driving the drafting and acceptance of the UDHR, stated that the document would educate people as to their basic rights as humans and encourage nations to adopt laws promoting and safeguarding essential human rights. . . . Continue reading Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11, 1884. In honor of her birthday, here’s a list of 10 books about her life, thoughts, and work. . . . Continue reading Eleanor Roosevelt: 10 books for her birthday
While I can’t say “I’ve been thinking about Eleanor Roosevelt this week” as anything new, as ER is one of my heroes and I think of her a good bit in general, I’ve been musing about her in relation to blogging this week. What many forget is that ER unfailingly wrote a nationally-published column six days a week. From 1935 until just before her passing in 1962, ER wrote “My Day”, no matter where she was in the world, or what she was doing. . . . Continue reading Eleanor Roosevelt and blogging
