Eleanor Roosevelt was an American first lady, United Nations diplomat, and humanitarian who chaired the United Nations commission that helped draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Political Role1st Chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights 1 Political RoleChair of Presidential Commission on Status of Women 1 Political Role Political RoleFirst Lady of the United States 1 Political RoleUS Representative to UN Commission on Human Rights 1 Connections
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Roosevelt chaired the United Nations Commission on Human Rights that drafted the declaration.
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took a leading role in designing the text and gaining international support for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving first lady of the United States, during her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms as president from 1933 to 1945.
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Wikipedia)
Drafted: Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article text
Drafted by a United Nations (UN) committee chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt
Drafted: Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Lead paragraph
Drafted by a United Nations (UN) committee chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, it was accepted by the General Assembly as Resolution 217 during its third session on 10 December 1948 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France.
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