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‎Roosevelt Eleanor‎

‎India and the Awakening East.‎

‎New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1953. First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo original half cloth cartographic endpapers illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Presentation copy signed by the author on the half-title page "Eleanor Roosevelt with love to you on Washington's birthday Fer. 22 1954 Vernon." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. An exceptional inscription. In India and the Awakening East Eleanor Roosevelt opens a door on the East. With her keen awareness of people and their problems and with a sense of humor ever near the surface she has combined a lively account of her personal experiences with an analysis of the social and economic difficulties facing eastern nations. Illustrated with 32 pages of photographs and the endpapers with a map showing the route. Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 110954

‎Roosevelt Eleanor‎

‎India and the Awakening East.‎

‎New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1953. First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's account of her travels through the Middle East and India. Octavo original half cloth <span class="glossaryQtip qTip">cartographic endpapers illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. </span>Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some chips to the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. In India and the Awakening East Eleanor Roosevelt opens a door on the East. With her keen awareness of people and their problems and with a sense of humor ever near the surface she has combined a lively account of her personal experiences with an analysis of the social and economic difficulties facing eastern nations. Illustrated with 32 pages of photographs and the endpapers with a map showing the route. Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 4356

‎Roosevelt Eleanor‎

‎It's Up to the Women‎

‎New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first printing. 263 p. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Clean pages and sturdy binding tissue guard intact. Foxing to edges and endpapers. Former owner's name and address penned on fep. Jacket chipped at extremities front panel creased along top and bottom edges light staining fading to blue on spine panel small piece of tape on verso foxing price intact $1.25. rare in jacket. Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 140904068

‎Roosevelt Eleanor‎

‎It’s Up To The Women.‎

‎New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company 1933. Signed limited first edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's first book as first lady. Octavo original cloth top edge gilt tissue guard present opposite the frontispiece. One of 250 signed copies by Eleanor Roosevelt this is number 21. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. In 1933 Eleanor Roosevelt's It's Up to the Women exhorted American women to help pull the country through its current economic crisis the gravest it had ever faced: "The women know that life must go on and that the needs of life must be met and it is their courage and determination which time and again have pulled us through worse crises than the present one. Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 92782

‎ROOSEVELT Eleanor‎

‎Memorial Addresses in the House of Representatives Together with Tributes on the Life and Ideals of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt‎

‎Washington: Government Printing Office 1966. hardcover. very good-. Eighty-eighth Congress First Session. 113pp. 8vo black cloth cloth dampstained. Washington: Government Printing Office 1966.<br/><br/> Government Printing Office unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 282831

‎Roosevelt Eleanor‎

‎My Days.‎

‎New York: Dodge Publishing Company 1938. First edition of this firsthand look of everyday life in the White House by Eleanor Roosevelt. Octavo original cloth frontispiece of Roosevelt. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title page "To Miss Trefether With a Merry Xmas from Eleanor Roosevelt." Introduction by Malvina Thompson Scheider. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed. First Lady for 12 years and an enduring presence among the world's most admired women Eleanor Roosevelt reached millions of Americans through her syndicated newspaper column. This collection a representative sampling of a decade of "My Day" pieces reveals a First Lady unconventional for her time in her role as the president's peripatetic and reliable observer of world affairs yet deeply traditional in observance of the rituals of family and friendships. As an advocate of progressive social programs she was often the target of brickbats and caricature. Yet typical devotion to her can be found in a quote here of Adlai Stevenson "Her glow . . . warmed the world." An ability to laugh at herself to triumph over personal adversity in her own and in her chil dren's marriages and a genuine interest in people are reflected in these columns. Dodge Publishing Company hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 92438

‎Roosevelt Eleanor‎

‎On My Own‎

‎Harper 1958. Fine. Roosevelt Eleanor. On My Own. New York: Harper 1958. Signed presentation edition. 241pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettered spine. Book condition: Near fine in original plain heavy acetate. Acetate has a few short tears in edges and small chips. Lacking slipcase . Signed inblue ink by Roosevelt on presentation page bound between title list and title page. Harper hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : RROOMYO00TW

‎Roosevelt Eleanor‎

‎On My Own: The Years Since The White House.‎

‎New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1958. First edition of Roosevelt's last book of autobiography. Octavo original blue cloth illustrated with 16 pages of photographs. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title page "Inscribed for V____ M_____ by Eleanor Roosevelt." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear. Jacket design by Ben Feder. "Convinced that ‘when you cease to make a contribution you die’ she remained at the center of American and global politics for nearly two more decades She became a fearless international champion of progressive causes and perhaps the most influential American woman of the 20th century" ANB. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 92117

‎ROOSEVELT Eleanor‎

‎Partners: The United Nations and Youth‎

‎Garden City New York Doubleday and Co. Inc. 1950. 1950. First edition so stated. 4to. Illustrated with photographs. Original yellow stamped blue cloth; color pictorial endpapers featuring the flags of The United Nations. Dust jacket unclipped. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. F. Hardcover. Garden City, New York, Doubleday and Co., Inc. [1950]. hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 197255

‎Roosevelt Eleanor‎

‎Photograph. Signed and inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt.‎

‎Washington DC: Not published 1940. Book. Very good condition. Unbound. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Quarto 4to. An 8 x 10 inch black-and-white photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt in formal dress as First Lady sitting at a desk in the White House under the James Monroe portrait. Inscribed "To Mr. Max Abelman with good wishes signed Eleanor Roosevelt. There are a few minor creases to the corners and one tiny scuff in the top right corner not affecting the autograph. . Not published Paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 019141

‎Roosevelt Eleanor‎

‎The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt.‎

‎New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1961. First edition of the final autobiography of one of the most remarkable Americans of the twentieth century. Octavo original blue cloth illustrated. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear. Examples of Eleanor Roosevelt's Autobiography are rare signed as it was published only one year before her death. Eleanor Roosevelt's Autobiography published only one year before her death in November 1962 revisits and continues This is My Story published in 1937. The niece of Theodore Roosevelt she married a Columbia University law student named Franklin Delano Roosevelt who gradually ascended in the world of New York politics to reach the presidency in 1932. Throughout his three terms Eleanor Roosevelt was not only intimately involved in FDR's personal and political life but also led women's organizations and youth movements and fought for consumer welfare civil rights and better housing standards. During World War II she traveled with her husband to meet leaders of many powerful nations; after his death in 1945 she worked as a UN delegate chairman of the Commission on Human Rights newspaper columnist Democratic Party activist and diplomat and was a world traveler. By the end of her life Eleanor Roosevelt was recognized around the world for her fortitude and commitment to the ideals of liberty and human rights. Her autobiography constitutes a self-portrait no biography can match for its candor and liveliness wisdom tolerance and breadth of view--a self-portrait of one of the greatest American humanitarians of our time. Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 79674

‎ROOSEVELT Eleanor‎

‎This I Remember‎

‎New York: Harper & Brothers 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. Book club. Very good plus. Hardcover rubbed at spine ends and corners foredges lightly soiled name inside front cover. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. Harper & Brothers hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 169996

‎ROOSEVELT Eleanor‎

‎This I Remember‎

‎New York Harper & Brothers 1949. 1949. First edition so stated; "I-Y". 8vo. Frontispiece portrait photograph by Karsh; illustrations from b/w photographs. Appendixes index. Pictorial dust jacket unclipped Very good-fine. No signatures or bookplates. 387 pages. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. New York, Harper & Brothers [1949]. hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 227050

‎Roosevelt Eleanor‎

‎This I Remember.‎

‎New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1949. First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's wonderful autobiography. Octavo original blue cloth. Illustrated with 41 photographs of the Roosevelt family including frontispiece of the First Lady. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Margaret with love & good wishes Eleanor Roosevelt." Near fine in a very good that is lightly chipped along the top edge. "Convinced that ‘when you cease to make a contribution you die’ Eleanor Roosevelt remained at the center of American and global politics for nearly two more decades She became a fearless international champion of progressive causes and perhaps the most influential American woman of the 20th century" ANB. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 5552

‎Roosevelt Eleanor‎

‎This Is My Story.‎

‎New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1937. First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's first autobiography. Octavo original cloth illustrated. Signed by the author on the half-title page "with affection Eleanor Roosevelt." From the library of Carl Van Vechten with his bookplate to the inner front panel near fine in a bright near fine with a few small closed tears. Carl Van Vechten was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. He photographed Eleanor Roosevelt quite a number of times. A nice association. This Is My Story begins with Eleanor Roosevelt’s childhood and covers the beginnings of her own and her husband’s life in politics culminating with the Democratic National Convention of 1924. Contains over 40 photographic images of the Roosevelt family. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 47018

‎ROOSEVELT Eleanor‎

‎THIS TROUBLED WORLD‎

‎NY: Kinsey 1938. First Edition. 8vo pp. 47. A very good copy. Dedicated to Carrie C. Catt. A book on permanent peace written on the eve of a war. Kinsey unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 55479

‎Roosevelt Eleanor‎

‎This Troubled World.‎

‎New York: H.C. Kinsey & Company 1938. First edition of this work by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Small octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the half-title page. With a letter on White House stationary from 1941 stating "Mrs. Roosevelt was glad to sign the copy of her book for you and it is returned to you under separate cover." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with toning to the spine. A nice signed example with desirable provenance. Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political leader who used her influence as an active First Lady from 1933 to 1945 to promote the New Deal policies of her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt as well as taking a prominent role as an advocate for civil rights. After her husband's death in 1945 she continued to be an internationally prominent author and speaker for the New Deal coalition. She was a suffragist who worked to enhance the status of working women although she opposed the Equal Rights Amendment because she believed it would adversely affect women. In the 1940s she was one of the co-founders of Freedom House and supported the formation of the United Nations. Eleanor Roosevelt founded the UN Association of the United States in 1943 to advance support for the formation of the UN. She was a delegate to the UN General Assembly from 1945 and 1952 a job for which she was appointed by President Harry S. Truman and confirmed by the United States Congress. During her time at the United Nations chaired the committee that drafted and approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. President Truman called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements. H.C. Kinsey & Company hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 35098

‎ROOSEVELT ELEANOR‎

‎TYPED LETTER SIGNED‎

‎Washington D.C. 1943. n/a. Very Good. MAGNIFICENT WARTIME LETTER BY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ON ACHIEVING LONG-LASTING PEACE. This letter signed and typed by world-renowned social reformer Eleanor Roosevelt on White House letterhead and dated June 28 1943 World War II is addressed to Mr. Jerome Darrow soldier and army newspaper editor and reads in full: The White House Washington June 28 1943. Dear Mr. Darrow: I am very glad to send you a message for Talkie-Talkie your weekly Army newspaper. I understand only too well how hard it must be for our soldiers who stand guard in the jungle and outposts which we are now occupying. I want to say to them that on every hand I hear how wonderfully the men are accepting the strange new conditions under which they live and how cheerfully they live through discomfort and boredom. I only hope that beneath it all they realize they are part of the great fighting force which can only win because each unit has done its part. I lived through the last war and its aftermath and therefore I am very much concerned about the future which we build as a result of this war. I hope that we have learned that peace is not something which comes because we sign a piece of paper. It is something which has to be built year by year and the piece of paper is only the foundation. It is the justice and the change for a better future for the whole world which will make our peace foundation stronger and our change to bring a continuance of peace in the future better. To do this for the world we must do it at home also and I hope that the boys in the jungle are thinking and talking of the things they wish to see done to bring about future employment a high national income and a healthier and happier people in the future. Good luck to all of you and may you all come back and work for peace and feel that you are building something constructive when this victory is won. Very sincerely yours signed Eleanor Roosevelt The date is June 28 1943. Finally the tide of the war was starting to turn and Americans could see an end to this very bloody and very prolonged conflict. "The Battle of Midway June 3-6 1942 which was fought almost entirely with aircraft was a World War II naval battle in which the United States destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots. Together with the Battle of Guadalcanal August 1942-November 1943 the Battle of Midway ended the threat of further Japanese invasion in the Pacific" Encylopedia Britannica . Yet as so meaningfully articulated by Eleanor Roosevelt in this letter the work--to better the post-war lives of Americans and to achieve a long-lasting and effective peace--would continue long after the fighting was over. On boosting soldier's morale and the return to normalcy "I only hope that beneath it all they realize they are part of the great fighting force which can only win because each unit has done its part . I hope that the boys in the jungle are thinking and talking of the things they wish to see done to bring about future employment a high national income and a healthier and happier people in the future." Perhaps one of Roosevelt's most enduring legacies of her wartime work was her commitment to improving the lives of soldiers both during and after World War II. General Halsey a high-ranking officer at Guadalcanal was awed by Roosevelt's character and compassion upon her visit to his base and hospitals: "When I say that she inspected those hospitals I don't mean that she shook hands with the chief medical officer glanced into a sun room and left. I mean that she went into every ward stopped at every bed and spoke to every patient: What was his name How did he feel Was there anything he needed Could she take a message home for him I marveled at her hardihood both physical and mental she walked for miles and she saw patients who were grievously and gruesomely wounded. But I marveled most at their expressions as she leaned over them. It was a sight I will never forget." True to her words the First Lady's efforts were not merely excluded to wartime work. Postwar Roosevelt continued to press for worker's rights helping to ban racial discrimination in many industries a crusade which culminated in the establishment of the Fair Employment Practices Commision. She was also instrumental in helping FDR to draft the G.I. Bill of Rights a piece of legislation which helped to secure many educational and vocational opportunities for WWII veterans. On postwar peace "I hope that we have learned that peace is not something which comes because we sign a piece of paper. It is something which has to be built year by year and the piece of paper is only the foundation. It is the justice and the change for a better future for the whole world which will make our peace foundation stronger and our change to bring a continuance of peace in the future better." Just as Roosevelt's work with soldiers extended well-beyond the end of World War II so did her humanitarian work. Even after her position as First Lady ended and official peace negotiation had long concluded Roosevelt continued to push for peace with the help of the United Nations. The sense of unfulfillment or more specifically of an unfulfilled peace is as clearly discernable in her writing after WWII as it is in the 1943 letter to Mr. Darrow. In the November 13 1946 edition of her daily syndicated newspaper column My Day she explains that "in the United Nations we have set up the machinery for creating a climate in the world in which peace can grow. However just as I have sensed for many years that Armistice Day did not have the meaning for the mass of our people that it should have if we were going to preserve peace so I feel now that this is not yet a day on which we dedicate ourselves to living and working along the lines which will make peace possible throughout the world." After FDR's death she remained at the nucleus of American and global politics for two more decades. "In 1946 President Harry S. Truman appointed her as a delegate to the United Nations the institution that she believed to be her late husband's most significant legacy to the world. She served as chair of the United Nations Human Rights Commission and with her unique blend of grandmotherly tact and political realism helped hammer out the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights enacted by the General Assembly in 1948. She was now routinely hailed as "the First Lady of the World" American National Biography. In fact Roosevelt did write a piece for Jerome Darrow's one-man newspaper "Talkie-Talkie". An excerpt from Darrow's hometown newspaper reports that "the editor Jerome Darrow has perked things up by getting famous people to write their innermost thoughts straight to his G. I.'s. Groucho Marx Eleanor Roosevelt Charlie McCarthy Wendell Willkie Grantland Bice and Betty Grable have already taken advantage of this splendid opportunity" Ironwood Daily Globe. This document is noteworthy for its wartime date as well as its provocative content. A truly rare letter that so stirringly sums up Roosevelt's seemingly simple but actually complicated wish: peace. Washington D.C.: June 28 1943. Quarto one page on White House stationery. Signed in ink at the end of the letter. Usual folds light toning and a paperclip impression to the top edge otherwise in fine condition. An important piece of correspondence by the "First Lady of the World.". unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 1964

‎ROOSEVELT Eleanor‎

‎TYPED LETTER SIGNED‎

‎NEW YORK JANUARY 10 1950 1950. TYPED LETTER SIGNED ON APARTMENT 15-A 29 WASHINGTON SQUARE WEST LETTERHEAD NEW YORK JANUARY 10 1950. SMALL 4TO 1 PAGE 32 LINES; TO COLUMNIST WALTER WINCHELL AT THE NEW YORK DAILY MIRROR REGARDING HER PROPOSED NBC RADIO AND TELEVISION PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAM: ".ONE OF THE ISSUES.IS THE QUESTION OF OUR RELATIONSHIP TO FRANCO SPAIN.I SHOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THIS INVITATION TO YOU.TO TAKE PART IN AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION.ON THE PROGRAM WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON FEBRUARY 19TH.THE PROGRAM LASTS HALF AN HOUR AND MY FUNCTION WILL BE TO SERVE AS MODERATOR RATHER THAN AS ADVOCATE.THE PROGRAM WILL BE UNREHEARSED.I KNOW HOW DEEPLY YOU HAVE BEEN CONCERNED WITH THIS MATTER AND I HOPE THAT IT WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO BE WITH US." SIGNED-AUTOGRAPHS FINE. Signed by Authors. NEW YORK, JANUARY 10, 1950 unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 195075

‎ROOSEVELT Eleanor‎

‎Typed Letter Signed‎

‎1951. "Eleanor Roosevelt" in dark blue fountain pen ink on her Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt The Park Sheraton Hotel 202 Fifty Six Street West New York 19 N.Y. letterhead March 1 1951. 6 1/8" x 8 1/4"; 1 page recto only. Very good. Together with the original typed mailing envelope free franked return address on the back flap. To Mrs. Anna McGowan Welshpool Campobello Island New Brunswick Canada Interesting letter regarding proposed repairs at the Roosevelt home on Campobello Island New Brunswick Canada. Mrs. Roosevelt comments on the needed repairs to the family house $51000. Stating they cannot make them. She is sending Elliott Roosevelt to make an inspection of the property. The Roosevelt family acquired four acres on the island in 1883. From 1885 when he was a year old until he was stricken with polio in 1921 FDR spent most summers on the island. FDR's last visit to the island was in 1936. He died in 1945. Soft cover. Very Good. paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 603083

‎ROOSEVELT Eleanor‎

‎Typed Letter Signed‎

‎on printed personal letterhead New York February 24 1958. Small square 8vo. 1 page. To columnist Walter Winchell: "I do not understand either the letters which you forwarded to me or your note. I imagine Mr. Kavanaugh is doing some promotion work on my articles but I can't remember having said anything about you. If I ever did say anything I can assure you that by now I have forgotten any emotion I may have had!". Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 500834

‎Roosevelt Eleanor‎

‎Typed letter signed "Eleanor" to Harry concerning her appointment as a delegate to the General Assembly of the United Nations‎

‎New York 1948. One page on stationery of Val-Kill Cottage Hyde Park Duchess Co. New York. 8vo. Fine in red morocco-backed custom folding box. One page on stationery of Val-Kill Cottage Hyde Park Duchess Co. New York. 8vo. This note is possibly addressed to Harry Hooker who was Roosevelt's longtime friend and attorney. Written only a few years after FDR's death 1945 the former first lady was still politically active as this letter illustrates: <br/><br/>"I have just been officially notified that I am to be again appointed as a delegate to the General Assembly of the United Nations which meets in Paris. I shall have to sail on September 13th. In view of this could you and Nancy come up here in September 4th to stay over Labor Day I would like to have a birthday party for you and Elliott before I leave! stroke of exclamation point drawn in with pen. Affectionately signed Eleanor." Blanche Wiesen Cook Eleanor Roosevelt v. 1 1992 unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 247874

‎Roosevelt Eleanor‎

‎You Learn By Living.‎

‎New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1960. First edition of Eleanor Roosevelt's classic work on how to discover life's lessons. Octavo original half cloth. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the front free endpaper. Near fine with a previous inscription to the half-title page in a near fine dust jacket. One of the most beloved figures of the twentieth century First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt remains a role model for a life well lived. At the age of seventy-six Roosevelt penned this guide to living a fuller life. You Learn by Living is a powerful volume of enduring common sense ideas and heartfelt values. Offering her own philosophy on living Eleanor takes readers on a path to compassion confidence maturity and civic stewardship. Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 50001

‎Roosevelt Eleanor Sale: Hammer Galleries‎

‎BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF MRS. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT wrapper title‎

‎New York: Hammer Galleries 1964. 108pp. Printed wrapper. Portrait. Very good or better. Introductory note by John A. Roosevelt. The exhibition and sale spanned 18 September though 3 October. Lots 1-939 are partitioned as "Books of Special Association Interest" and lots 940 - 3280 are less special. A section of 162 items chiefly miniatures from FDR's library follows and finally a section of 67 very special books included in the exhibit but not-for-sale concludes the event. Hammer Galleries unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT83979

‎Roosevelt Eleanor & Helen Ferris‎

‎Partners: The United Nations and Youth.‎

‎Garden City NY: Doubleday 1950. First edition of this work which tells the dramatic story of the United Nations. Small quarto original cloth illustrated pictorial endpapers. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt and inscribed by Helen Ferris to famed photographer Fred Stein "For Fred Stein with our appreciation and all our good wishes for the days ahead Helen Ferris June 1951." Stein was an early pioneer of the hand held camera and noted street photographer in New York and Paris. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket by Rafael Palacios. We have never encountered another signed copy by both authors. Following her husband's death Eleanor Roosevelt remained active in politics for the rest of her life. She pressed the United States to join and support the United Nations and became one of its first delegates. She served as the first chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights and oversaw the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Later she chaired the John F. Kennedy administration's Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. By the time of her death she was regarded as "one of the most esteemed women in the world"; she was called "the object of almost universal respect" in her New York Times obituary. In 1999 she was ranked ninth in the top ten of Gallup's List of Most Widely Admired People of the 20th Century. Doubleday hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 4553