Collection Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day"
The White House Historical Association and the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project present this collaboration in an effort to open a...
Eleanor Roosevelt's Press Conference
- Photographer
- Harris & Ewing
- Date of Work
- 1933
- Credit
- Library of Congress
Eleanor Roosevelt's Press Conference
Female reporters meet with Mrs. Roosevelt in the Treaty Room for a press conference. At weekly press conferences, the first lady discussed her actions and programs and encouraged women to become politically active.
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