Because we are so thrilled to welcome blance cook. Im jennifer raab, privilege to be president of Hunter College, incredible institution. And it could not be for fitting that we are here tonight to celebrate this book and this author and this subject in this house. As everyone sitting here, that is really true, right. [applause] as all of you know we are gathered in the new york city home that ellen oar Eleanor Roosevelt lived here and depart today washington in 1933 and while the book we are deb cuting here tonight cover it is war years and decades after when Eleanor Roosevelt not only became the lady of the land but the first lady of the world. Its fair too say that her activism, belief in womens rights and quest for equal opportunity and civil right were all commitment that is were born and nurtured under this roof. This was the headquarters that launched her into becoming the eleanor who made impact on her country and this planet. As this house was a home and inspiration for Eleano
Because we are so thrilled to welcome blance cook. Im jennifer raab, privilege to be president of Hunter College, incredible institution. And it could not be for fitting that we are here tonight to celebrate this book and this author and this subject in this house. As everyone sitting here, that is really true, right. [applause] as all of you know we are gathered in the new york city home that ellen oar Eleanor Roosevelt lived here and depart today washington in 1933 and while the book we are deb cuting here tonight cover it is war years and decades after when Eleanor Roosevelt not only became the lady of the land but the first lady of the world. Its fair too say that her activism, belief in womens rights and quest for equal opportunity and civil right were all commitment that is were born and nurtured under this roof. This was the headquarters that launched her into becoming the eleanor who made impact on her country and this planet. As this house was a home and inspiration for Eleano
I guess everyone didnt get the dressup memo. Have a lot of events going on. I could not not be here because we are so thrilled to welcome blanche. For those of you i havent have a chance to say hello to i have extraordinary privilege of being the president of Hunter College could not be more fitting than they were here tonight to celebrate this book and this author in the subject this house. That is so true. As all of you know so well we are gathered this evening in the new york city home to Eleanor Roosevelts are shared with her husband and i think its fair to say her motherinlaw also they departed for washington in 1933 to a certain glorious burden of life in the white house. The book were viewing here tonight covers though wars and decades after when she became not just the first lady of the land with the first lady of the world attic its fair to say that her activism and her sense of justice in her belief in womens rights in her quest for equal opportunity for all commitments that
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