Introduce your students to the inspiring life and outstanding achievements of this remarkable woman who they may only know as the First Lady, wife of F.D.R. An intriguing array of hands-on documents chronicle her life’s activities — start with her schoolgirl essay and report card, read her magazine articles and letters, learn about her women’s rights and civil rights activism in the White House, her relationship with President Roosevelt, her trips abroad during WW II, her leadership at the U.N., and see what she carried in her wallet; everyone will be surprised. Historians: John Sears and Christine Scriabine. The contents of this Jackdaw feature:

• Early Life
• Democrat with a Capital “D”
• The Great Depression
• The War Years
• Civil Rights
• The United Nations and Human Rights

• Eleanor Roosevelt’s intriguing wallet contents, poster.
• “Flowers Discussion,” school composition by Eleanor, 1895.
• Eleanor’s Report Card, Allenswood School, Apr. 1900.
• Redbook, article by Eleanor on women, Apr. 1928.
• Letters between Eleanor and Molly Dewson, Aug. 1933.
• Eleanor Roosevelt’s newspaper columns, Nov. 1933.
• Letter from Rohima Halloway to Mrs. Roosevelt, Jan. 1934.
• Letter: Walter White, NAACP, to Mrs. Roosevelt, Nov. 1934.
• Memo: Eleanor to FDR on organizing campaign, July 1936.
• Letters to Mrs. Roosevelt from Cecil Peterson and Alice Donnell, July 1942 and Mar. 1944.
• Eleanor’s 1943 Pacific flights; FDR letter to “Bull” Halsey.
• Letters: Eleanor and President Harry S. Truman, 1950.
• Award to Eleanor from the Nat’l. Religion and Labor group.
• Letters: Eleanor Roosevelt and Sen. John F. Kennedy, 1960.