E.m. ForsterI won't be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult.
About This Quote
Eleanor Roosevelt, as first lady of the United States, was an influential figure during the Great Depression and the New Deal era of the 1930s and 1940s. During her tenure she helped to increase food production and farm employment, lead the effort to end child labor, and establish a national health program for workers and their families. In 1945 she became chairwoman on President Harry Truman's Commission on National Health Insurance. One of these projects, Project Independence, was designed to help women leave undesirable jobs in order for them to develop new careers that were more suitable for their skills. She also served as one of the founding members of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
This organization's mission statement reads: "The main purpose of this international league is to promote peace by making it a force in every land where peace is being maintained or made." As part of this mission, Mrs. Roosevelt fought domestic violence. She believed that it was up to women themselves to bring domestic violence under control.
She stated, "Nobody else can do it because nobody else understands these people."
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