Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
I worked all evening and at midnight was back at the radio station to repeat the program for the west coast, which made the day seen quite long.
This quotation illustrates how hard Mrs. Roosevelt worked. In this particular case, she did a regular weekly radio show, and since they did not have taping facilities, She did the show at nine in the evening, and then she returned at midnight to do the show again for the West Coast. In addition she kept up a diplomatic and political schedule & made time to write her column every day.
Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, First Lady (Franklin Delano Roosevelt), U. S. Delegate to the United Nations, Column, My Day, December 11, 1937
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McPherson was the first woman who preached over the radio. With the advent of radio for all purposes, stations were being erected all over the country and began to interfere with each others broadcast. Herbert Hoover saw this as a Federal Problem and authorized his administration to regulate the power and wavelength frequencies that stations could use for their broadcasts. McPherson had built the Angelus Temple in Echo Park with two huge radio towers but she was broadcasting “the word of God” and did not want to be restricted to broadcasting on a single frequency. She and others, even today, see any regulation of a religious activity as an impingement of freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
Regular Weekly Radio Program. FDR was meeting in with the Cabinet and the Military leaders and the White House had not issued any statement yet.
ER was the first official to report on the Japanese Attack to the American people. She left the White House. Went across the street and did her thing.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political figure, diplomat and activist. She served as the First Lady of the United States from March 4, 1933, to April 12, 1945, during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest-serving First Lady of the United States. Roosevelt served as United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952. President Harry S. Truman later called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements.
