In the immediate aftermath of World War I, the Women's Suffrage Movement rises to prominence and Eleanor finds a cause with which she can associate and fully support. Eleanor also joins the League of Women Voters, the Women's Trade Union League, and the Foreign Policy Association. Eleanor's long-standing membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution is challenged when the organization takes an anti-radical position on education and books. Eleanor's stance is that poverty and injustice are the real threats to America, not necessarily Communism.
From this point, Eleanor adopts a position of progressive change, declaring, "Courage, justice and fair play do not breed revolutions, let us bear that in mind" (p. 244). Eleanor's efforts are directed toward racial equality; global peace; economic security and collective bargaining; the right of all for.....
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