Yes Yes Yes
Maureen Rossi
There is a movement to put the late First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt on the $20 bill. My single greatest childhood heroin despite being born after her death – I say yes yes yes! Roosevelt’s life was beyond the greatness of many women of her then and now and many men as well. Her first name was Anna but she always went by Eleanor. She was born in 1994 and died in 1962. She was the longest serving First Lady in American history – her role went from March 1933 until April 1945 as her husband served four consecutive terms as President of the United States.
She was a vocal champion of her husband but unlike other First Lady’s disagreed with him on some policies, even in a public platform. Blasphemous at the time!
She was a great champion of all people, women, civil rights for African American women and American Japanese after WWII.
She wrote books, newspaper and magazine articles, she lectured and was a radio host. If she were alive today, there would be less than a handful who would rival her media savvy.
Roosevelt was one of the very first delegates for the United Nations which was located at Queens not in Manhattan at the time. There was a school adjacent to the U.S. for the diplomats children and with her training in education, Roosevelt visited frequently.
She was the First Chair of the U.S. Commission on Human Rights. It was replaced with the Human Rights Council in 2006 but some very prestigious and brilliant people held the role. Log on and vote if you would like to see not only the first woman on U.S. currency, but the one of the most amazing women in our nation’s history.
You can vote for this on www.womenon20s.org/vote2