The book highlights Roosevelt s "savvy use" of the then-new medium of television to advance her activism on issues like race, labor and women s rights.
A new book by Angela Beauchamp, a lecturer in Film History and department administrator in the Film & Digital Arts program at The University of New Mexico, examines First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s record as one of the most important women of the.
Eleanor Roosevelt, American first lady (1933–45), the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States, and a United Nations diplomat and humanitarian. She was one of the world’s most widely admired and powerful women. Her advocacy of liberal causes made her a controversial figure.