What did Elanor Roosevelt do to help people?

Answer 1

As First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt did what she could to help those less fortunate. Visiting, prisons, mines, hospitals and tenements. She was Proactive in promoting President Roosevelt's "New Deal" during the depression and was his eyes and ears as she travelled around in Depression-era U.S.A. Travelling over 40,000 miles each year as First lady. Her achievements include the establishment of the National Youth Administration. Revitalising the Ellen Wilson's slum clearance program with the Alley Dwelling Act of 1934. When "The Daughters of the American Revolution" of which she was a member, Refused to allow Marian Anderson, a black contralto, to sing at Constitution Hall she promptly resigned and invited her to sing at the White House in 1936. and the Lincoln memorial in 1939.She published her thoughts in a daily newspaper column. During WW2 she visited military establishments all over the world and was voted one of America's most admired women year after year. After President Roosevelt's death She became a delegate to the United Nations, becoming Chairman of the Human rights commission.