罗斯福夫人(1884～1962年)

Roosevelt, (Anna) Eleanor

美国的第一夫人和外交家。是西奥多.罗斯福的侄女。1905年与远房表兄富兰克林.罗斯福结婚。将他们的五个子女抚养成人，并在丈夫小儿麻痹症病发後（1921），积极参与政治活动。身为第一夫人（1933～1945），她在美国进行广泛的旅行，以向她的总统丈夫汇报真实的社会状况和公众的看法。她还支持儿童福利、平等权利以及社会改革等人道主义事业。第二次世界大战期间，访问了英国和南太平洋地区，以及美国军事基地，以鼓舞士气。她透过联合报业发表专栏「我的一天」，并撰写过几部书籍。曾积极呼吁成立联合国，在丈夫去世之後担任驻联合国代表（1945、1949～1952、1961）。1946～1951年担任联合国人权委员会主席，参与起草了「世界人权宣言」（1948）。1950年代以联合国代表身分到世界各国访问，并依旧在美国民主党内十分活跃。

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1884～1962年

Roosevelt, (Anna) Eleanor

U.S. first lady and diplomat. Born in New York City, the niece of Theodore Roosevelt, she married her distant cousin, Franklin Roosevelt, in 1905. She raised their five children and became active in politics after her husband's polio attack (1921). As first lady (1933-45), she traveled around the U.S. to report on living conditions and public opinion for her husband, and supported such humanitarian causes as child welfare, equal rights, and social reforms. During World War II, she traveled in Britain and the South Pacific as well as to U.S. military bases to help raise morale. She wrote the syndicated column “My Day” and several books. After her husband's death, she was appointed a delegate to the UN (1945, 1949-52, 1961), whose founding she had strongly advocated. As chair of its Commission on Human Rights (1946-51), she helped draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). In the 1950s she traveled around the world for the UN and remained active in the Democratic Party.