Eleanor Roosevelt Holding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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Description

Eleanor Roosevelt considered her role in creating the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights her greatest achievement. Her work for the United Nations and on President Kennedy’s Commission on the Status of Women were two things that she focused her energy on after she left the White House. This photograph was taken in Lake Success, New York, at the temporary home of the United Nations.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Collection FDR-Photos: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Photographs.

National Archives Identifier: 6120927

Full Citation: Photograph NPX 64-165; Eleanor Roosevelt and United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Lake Success, New York; 11/1949; Photographs of Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884 – 1962; Collection FDR-Photos: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Photographs,; Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, NY. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/eleanor-roosevelt-declaration-human-rights/, December 16, 2025]

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