The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, Volume 3

Volume 3, on which we are now working, picks up ER's story in 1953, shortly after she tendered her resignation from the United Nations and reentered life as a private citizen. “Private” though signaled no retreat from the public sphere she had toiled in so vigorously for the previous thirty years. Freer than she had been in decades to make political choices without reference to those of FDR’s White House or Truman’s State Department, her advocacy grew increasingly assertive in this period. Volume 3 follows ER as she took on McCarthy, critiqued Eisenhower's foreign policy, and continued her fight for human rights. While the staff at the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project continues to annotate, we invite you to see the selection of documents on which we're working.

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1953

On Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

1. Eleanor Roosevelt to Terry Duxler January 1953

2. Eleanor Roosevelt to Robert Morss Lovett 1 January 1953

3. Eleanor Roosevelt to Samuel Freedman 4 January 1953

4. Eleanor Roosevelt to Carl Clarke 1 January 1953

 

On Resigning from the US Delegation to the United Nations

5. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Truman 2 January 1953

 

On Loyalty Tests in the US Department of State

6. Eleanor Roosevelt to Birkeland 4 January 1953

 

On Franklin Delano Roosevelt

7. My Day 9 January 1953

 

On Joseph McCarthy and Owen Lattimore

8. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Halstead 11 January 1953

 

On Keeping the Soviets in the United Nations

9. Eleanor Roosevelt to Alice Winters 11 January 1953

 

On the United Nations and Korea

10. Eleanor Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 11 January 1953

 

On H. L. Hunt, Facts Forum, and the Red Scare

11. Eleanor Roosevelt Remarks Before the New York University Forum 15 January 1953

12. Eleanor Roosevelt on UNESCO Pamphlet 16 January 1953

13. Haroldson Lafayette Hunt to Eleanor Roosevelt 26 January 1953

 

On Her Time at the United Nations

14. B. M. Rosenthal "On Dealing With the Russians" 18 January 1953

 

On The Red Scare, Part I

15. Eleanor Roosevelt to Joseph Alsop 21 January 1953

16. Arthur Boreman to Eleanor Roosevelt 29 January 1953

17. Eleanor Roosevelt to Arthur Boreman 16 February 1953

 

On Race and Friendship

18. "Some of My Best Friends Are Negroes" 1 February 1953

 

On Settling Refugees in the United States

19. Eleanor Roosevelt to R. O. Francke 15 February 1953

 

On Palestinian Refugees

20. Eleanor Roosevelt to Jane Cochran 15 February 1953

 

On Prayer in the United Nations

21. Eleanor Roosevelt to W. E. Debnam 16 February 1953

 

On India, The United States, and International Relations

22. Eleanor Roosevelt to Virendra Modi 16 February 1953

23. Eleanor Roosevelt to Virendra Modi 11 March 1953

 

On Suffrage for the District of Columbia

24. Eleanor Roosevelt to Ruth Blevins 16 February 1953

 

On Foreign and Economic Policies

25. Eleanor Roosevelt to Gustav Ranis 16 February 1953

 

On the United Nations, the World Health Organization, and Soviet Influence

26. Eleanor Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Halsted 21 February 1953

 

On the Red Scare and Louis Budenz

27. Eleanor Roosevelt to Forrest Corson 23 February 1953

 

On H. L. Hunt, Facts Forum, and the Red Scare, Part II

28. Haroldson Lafayette Hunt to Eleanor Roosevelt 4 March 1953

29. Eleanor Roosevelt to Haroldson Lafayette Hunt 9 March 1953

30. Haroldson Lafayette Hunt to Eleanor Roosevelt 14 March 1953

 

On McCarthy, Voice of America, and Appearing Before Congress

31. Eleanor Roosevelt to Bonaro Overstreet 9 March 1953

 

On McCarthy and the House UnAmerican Activities Committee

32. Eleanor Roosevelt to Ruth Wilson 11 March 1953

 

On The Red Scare in Colleges and Universities

33. Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter McKay 11 March 1953

 

On Tidelands Oil Rights

34. Eleanor Roosevelt to Clara Johnson 11 March 1953

 

On Joseph McCarthy

35. Eleanor Roosevelt to Edward Lingenfelter 11 March 1953

 

On the Covenants on Human Rights

36. Eleanor Roosevelt to Durward Sandifer 20 March 1953

37. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Foster Dulles 20 March 1953

38. John Foster Dulles to Eleanor Roosevelt 30 March 1953

 

On H. L. Hunt, Facts Forum, and the Red Scare, Part III

39. Eleanor Roosevelt to Karl von Leuwen 25 March 1953

 

On the United States and the United Nations

40. "Our Responsibility to the United Nations" 30 March 1953

 

On the American Association for the United Nations

41. "Citizens Role in Public Opinion" 1 April 1953

 

On US Policy Toward Israel

42. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dwight Eisenhower 4 April 1953

43. Dwight Eisenhower to Eleanor Roosevelt 16 April 1953

 

On The League of Women Voters

44. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mable Eiler 6 April 1953

 

On Teaching About the United Nations in School

45. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mary Lynch 8 April 1953

 

On FDR's Legacy and the Red Scare

46. Eleanor Roosevelt to Lucille Jurvis 10 April 1953

 

On New York City's Budget

47. Press Release, Citizen's Committee on Children 11 April 1953

 

On US Opposition to the United Nations

48. Eleanor Roosevelt to George O'Reilly 14 April 1953

 

On the Death of Stalin

49. Eleanor Roosevelt to Alexis Tatischeff 14 April 1953

 

On Korea, China, The Soviet Union, and Japan

50. Eleanor Roosevelt to Arthur Murray, Viscount Elibank 17 April 1953

 

On Adlai Stevenson

51. Eleanor Roosevelt to Stephen Mitchell 29 April 1953

 

On Services for Military Personnel 

52. Eleanor Roosevelt to Omar Bradley 29 April 1953

 

On the Covenants on Human Rights, Part II

53. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Green 30 April 1953

 

On the United Nations and the Daughters of the American Revolution

54. Eleanor Roosevelt to Bess Furman 4 May 1953

 

On the Covenants on Human Rights, Part III

55. Eleanor Roosevelt to Durward Sandifer 16 May 1953

 

Traveling in Japan

56. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Carman 26 May 1953

57. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Carman 27 May 1953

58. Eleanor Roosevelt to Kichisaburo Nomura 30 May 1953

59. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Carman 31 May 1953

60. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Carman 12 June 1953

61. Eleanor Roosevelt to Clark Eichelberger 12 June 1953

62. Unpublished Article on Japan June 1953

63. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Carman 21 June 1953

64. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Carman 24 June 1953

65. "Visit with the Emperor and Empress of Japan" (Draft) July 1953

 

Traveling in Asia

66. "Communist China Must Be Peace-Loving First" 27 June 1953

67. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Roosevelt 30 June 1953

 

On The "Moslem World"

68. Excerpt from India and the Awakening East 1 July 1953

 

Traveling in Greece and Yugoslavia

69. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dragan Stojilijkovic 8 July 1953

70. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Roosevelt 9 July 1953

71. Eleanor Roosevelt to Joseph Lash 18 July 1953

72. State Department Memorandum 21 July 1953

 

On McCarthy's Reputation Abroad

73. Eleanor Roosevelt to Phillips 10 August 1953

 

On the Creation of the National Issues Committee

74. Press Release, National Issues Committee 12 August 1953

 

On Americans for Democratic Action and Eleanor Roosevelt's Schedule

75. Edward Hollander to James Doyle and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. 12 August 1953

 

On A United Nations Military Force

76. Eleanor Roosevelt Statement on UN Military Force 13 August 1953

 

On US Foreign Policy

77. Statement on United States Foreign Policy By Eleanor Roosevelt, James Doyle, and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. 26 August 1953

 

On India and the Awakening East

78. "Town Meeting" Radio Broadcast 8 September 1953

 

On Her Role on the National Issues Committee

79. Eleanor Roosevelt to Philip Schiff 11 September 1953

 

On The Daughters of the American Revolution

80. Eleanor Roosevelt to Gertrude Carraway 11 September 1953

 

On Organized Labor and Communism

81. Eleanor Roosevelt to Philip Linnik 16 September 1953

 

On McCarthy's Reputation Abroad, Part II

82. Statement on McCarthy for The Progressive 23 September 1953

 

On the Issues

83. "Youth Wants to Know" 18 October 1953

 

On Censorship of State Department Libraries Abroad

84. Eleanor Roosevelt to Max Bernstein 27 October 1953

 

On Alger Hiss

85. Eleanor Roosevelt to Burt Drummond 27 October 1953

 

On Loyalty in the Federal Government

86. Eleanor Roosevelt to J. C. Phillips 27 October 1953

 

On The Democratic Party

87. Eleanor Roosevelt to Anita Salvi 27 October 1953

 

On Conservation of Park Land

88. Eleanor Roosevelt to Livingston Lansing 30 October 1953

 

On Communism in Education

89. Eleanor Roosevelt to Margot Everly 2 November 1953

 

On Adlai Stevenson, Americans For Democratic Action, and the National Issues Committee

90. Eleanor Roosevelt to Martha Gellhorn 2 November 1953

 

On Tito and Yugoslavia

91. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Barber 9 November 1953

 

On Capital Punishment

92. Eleanor Roosevelt to Ella Mae Green 11 November 1953

 

On Censorship of State Department Libraries Abroad, Part II

93. Albert Cohn to Eleanor Roosevelt 12 November 1953

 

On Censorship

94. Eleanor Roosevelt to J. C. Phillips 18 November 1953

 

On Adlai Stevenson, The Democratic Party, and International Affairs

95. Eleanor Roosevelt to Arthur Murray, Viscount Elibank 20 November 1953

 

On Censorship of State Department Libraries Abroad, Part III

96. Eleanor Roosevelt to Romaine Clinton 20 November 1953

97. Eleanor Roosevelt to Albert Cohn 20 November 1953

98. Albert Cohen to Eleanor Roosevelt 2 December 1953

99. Eleanor Roosevelt to Albert Cohen 8 December 1953

 

On The South and Joseph McCarthy

100. Eleanor Roosevelt to June Gordon 27 November 1953

 

On The National Issues Committee

101. Eleanor Roosevelt to Don Pryor 1 December 1953

 

On Discrimination Against Spanish-Speaking Americans

102. Eleanor Roosevelt to Faye Huesteden 7 December 1953

 

On The Americans Friends Service Committee and The Red Scare

103. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Stevenson 18 December 1953

 

On the Red Scare, Harry Truman, and Franklin Roosevelt

104. Eleanor Roosevelt to Muriel Downs 23 December 1953

105. Eleanor Roosevelt to Arthur Grafflin 23 December 1953

 

On The Equal Rights Amendment

106. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mary Anderson 26 December 1953

 

On Race Relations in The South

107. Eleanor Roosevelt to Raymond Berry 29 December 1953

 

On Her Travels

108. "Frankly Speaking" Notes 1953

1954

On Americans for Democratic Action

109. Eleanor Roosevelt to Stephen Mitchell 6 January 1954

 

On Alger Hiss, Part II

110. Eleanor Roosevelt to C. Frederic Bell 8 January 1954

 

On Tito and Yugoslavia, Part II

111. Eleanor Roosevelt to C. Fuller Quinn 8 January 1954

 

On The Issues Facing The United States in 1954

112. "Prosperity as a Peace Prerequisite", National Issues Committee 23 January 1954

 

On Life Magazine and the United Nations

113. Eleanor Roosevelt to Henry Luce 25 January 1954

114. Henry Luce to Eleanor Roosevelt 28 January 1954

 

On The Middle East

115. My Day 28 January 1954

 

On Blacklisting in the Theater

116. Alvah Bessie to Eleanor Roosevelt and her response 29 January 1954

 

On Congressional Investigating Committees and the Red Scare

117. Paul Reusinger to Eleanor Roosevelt and her response 30 January 1954

 

On Police Violence Against African Americans

118. Eleanor Roosevelt to Robert Stevens 3 February 1953

 

On Tito and Yugoslavia, Part III

119. Eleanor Roosevelt to Denise Archambault 7 February 1954

 

On The American Association for the United Nations

120. Eleanor Roosevelt to Herbert Lehman 8 February 1954

 

Seeking Help for a Correspondent

121. Eleanor Roosevelt to Adlai Stevenson 10 February 1954

 

On Her Time on the US Delegation to the United Nations

122. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Green 26 February 1954

 

On Spanish Refugees

123. My Day 26 February 1954

124. Eleanor Roosevelt to Agnes Caulfield 12 March 1954

 

On Aid For India and Pakistan

125. "A Constructive Policy for India and Pakistan" 26 February 1954

 

On The Equal Rights Amendment and the Hayden Rider

126. Helen Lesko to Eleanor Roosevelt and her response 11 March 1953

 

On South African Apartheid

127. Eleanor Roosevelt to D. F. Malan 12 March 1954

 

On Loyalty, Religion, and Communism

128. Eleanor Roosevelt to Louis Hrncir 12 March 1954

 

On Richard Nixon and The Mundt-Nixon Bill

129. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Wendell 12 March 1954

 

Seeking to Host Radio and Television Programs

130. Eleanor Roosevelt to Ted Ashley 12 March 1954

 

Defining Communism

131. Eleanor Roosevelt to Al Block 16 March 1954

 

On Israel and Palestinians

132. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. E. E. Bates 16 March 1954

 

On Communism in the United Nations

133. Eleanor Roosevelt to H. S. Brimsmode 29 March 1954

 

Supporting The United Nations

134. "Our Responsibility to the United Nations" 30 March 1954

 

On The Southern Conference Education Fund

135. Eleanor Roosevelt et al. to William Langer 1954

136. Eleanor Roosevelt to Virginia Durr 9 April 1954

 

On McCarthy, Franklin Roosevelt, India, and Indochina

137. Meet the Press 11 April 1954

 

On Tito and Yugoslavia, Part IV

138. Eleanor Roosevelt to Richard Hamilton 13 April 1954

 

On The Atomic Bomb and Oppenheimer's Loyalty

139. Eleanor Roosevelt to Robert Oppenheimer 16 April 1954

 

On Infrastructure, Taxes, Korea, and Indochina

140. Eleanor Roosevelt to Maudyne Payne 19 April 1954

 

On The Kuomintang, Wu Kuo-Chen, and Formosa

141. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mary Latch 24 April 1954

 

On Services for Military Personnel, Part II

142. Eleanor Roosevelt to Herbert Lehman 25 April 1954

 

On The Southern Conference Educational Fund, Part II

143. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. to Eleanor Roosevelt 29 April 1954

 

On The Source of Prosperity

144. Eleanor Roosevelt to Orren Zoder 30 April 1954

 

On Great Britain, France, and North Africa

145. Eleanor Roosevelt to Hilda Fitzwilliams 7 May 1954

 

On Atomic Tests

146. Eleanor Roosevelt to Ikeziri 11 May 1954

 

On the Southern Conference Educational Fund, Part III

147. Aubrey Williams to Eleanor Roosevelt 12 May 1954

148. Jack Hooper to Eleanor Roosevelt and her response 16 May 1954

 

On American Prisoners of War

149. Eleanor Roosevelt to Louise Gray 17 May 1954

 

Promoting The United Nations

150. Eleanor Roosevelt to George Randall 18 May 1954

 

Planning a Trip to the Soviet Union

151. Eleanor Roosevelt to Anna Halstead 20 May 1954

152. Eleanor Roosevelt to Gardiner Cowles 20 May 1954

 

On the Genocide Convention

153. Eleanor Roosevelt to Nina Smart 24 May 1954

 

On American Prisoners of War, Part II

154. Eleanor Roosevelt to Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 29 May 1954

155. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit to Eleanor Roosevelt 12 June 1954

156. Amrit Kaur to Eleanor Roosevelt 23 July 1954

157. Eleanor Roosevelt to Abba Schwartz 4 August 1954

158. Abba Shwartz to Eleanor Roosevelt 11 August 1954

 

On Brown v. Topeka Board of Education

159. Pauli Murray to Eleanor Roosevelt 1 June 1954

 

On Investigating Loyalty, Robert Oppenheimer, and Ralph Bunche

160. My Day 4 June 1954

 

On The Government's Responsibility to the Individual

161. "Social Responsibility for Individual Welfare" 5 June 1954

 

On Peacetime Uses for Atomic Energy

162. Eleanor Roosevelt to Laura Marxer 8 June 1954

 

Soliciting Funds for The Wiltwyck School

163. Eleanor Roosevelt to Marie and Averell Harriman 21 June 1954

 

On India and the Awakening East, Part II

164. Eleanor Roosevelt to Florence Willert 24 June 1954

 

On "Red Infiltration" of Greece and Turkey

165. Eleanor Roosevelt to Oscar Auguston 25 June 1954

 

On Democracy, Loyalty Investigations, and Alger Hiss

166. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mable Eiler 28 June 1954

167. Eleanor Roosevelt to Annie Benson 28 June 1954

 

Canceling Her Trip to the Soviet Union

168. Press Release 1 July 1954

 

Refusing to Run for Elected Office

169. Eleanor Roosevelt to Pauli Murray 7 July 1954

 

On Dinosaur National Park

170. Eleanor Roosevelt to J. Ernest Wharton 8 July 1954

171. Eleanor Roosevelt to the Editors of the Deseret News and Salt Lake Telegram 15 July 1954

 

On Federal Funds for Parochial Schools

172. Eleanor Roosevelt to Francis Zimmerman 13 July 1954

 

On Colorado Politics

173. Eleanor Roosevelt to Don Pryor 24 July 1954

 

On Atomic Tests, Part II

174. Eleanor Roosevelt to the Young Women's Christian Association in Tokyo 29 July 1954

 

On The House UnAmerican Activities Committee Hearings of 1939

175. Eleanor Roosevelt to Martin Dies 17 August 1954

176. Martin Dies to Eleanor Roosevelt 19 August 1954

177. Eleanor Roosevelt to Martin Dies 23 August 1954

178. Eleanor Roosevelt to Judith Grosse 8 October 1954

 

On Mental Health

179. Speech Notes 19 August 1954

 

On The Abduction of Rhodea Miller de Silva

180. Eleanor Roosevelt to Herbert Brownesll, Jr. 27 August 1954

 

On The Communist Control Act

181. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Doyle 2 September 1954

 

On the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

182. My Day 9 September 1954

 

On Europe

183. Eleanor Roosevelt to Nerin Gun 21 September 1954

 

On Martin Dies and Westbrook Pegler

184. Eleanor Roosevelt to Ted Stewart 22 September 1954

 

On Georgia's Gubernatorial Election

185. Lillian Smith to Eleanor Roosevelt 30 September 1954

 

On Politics and The United Nations

186. "The US and the UN" 1 October 1954

 

On Tito and Yugoslavia, Part V

187. "Why Are We Cooperating With Tito?" 5 October 1954

 

On McCarthy and Franklin Roosevelt

188. Eleanor Roosevelt to [Mrs. T] Gibbons 7 October 1954

 

On Franklin Roosevelt and Whether People Are Worth Saving

189. Eleanor Roosevelt to William Levy 9 October 1954

 

On Eleanor Roosevelt's 70th Birthday

190. Archibald MacLeish on Eleanor Roosevelt 1954

191. John Golden on Eleanor Roosevelt 1954

192. Helen Keller on Eleanor Roosevelt 17 September 1954

193. Thurgood Marshall on Eleanor Roosevelt 8 October 1954

194. Donal Donoval on Eleanor Roosevelt 13 October 1954

 

On Atomic Tests, Part III

195. Aikichi Kuboyama to Eleanor Roosevelt 25 October 1954

196. Eleanor Roosevelt to Aikichi Kuboyama 9 November 1954

 

On The 1954 Elections

197. Press Release, Americans for Democratic Action November 1954

 

On Guatemala, McCarthy, Southeast Asia, and Women in Power

198. "Supports Participation on Asia Security Pact" 1 November 1954

 

On Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Dwight Eisenhower

199. Harlan Reycroft to Eleanor Roosevelt and her reply 4 November 1954

 

On The Differences Between Republicans and Democrats

200. Eleanor Roosevelt to Judy Kissler 11 November 1954

 

On Carmine DeSapio and Tammany Hall

201. Eleanor Roosevelt to David Gurewitsch 18 November 1954

 

On The "China Hands" in the Department of State

202. My Day 22 November 1954

 

On Disarmament and the United Nations

203. Eleanor Roosevelt to Clifford Johnson 29 November 1954

 

On The Place of Organized Labor in The World

204. Eleanor Roosevelt Speech Before the Congress of Industrial Organizations 9 December 1954

 

On Franklin Roosevelt and the Americans for Democratic Action

205. Eleanor Roosevelt to Bernard Baruch 10 December 1954

 

On The United Nations

206. Eleanor Roosevelt's Seminar at Brandeis University 17 December 1954

 

On Mental Health, Part II

207. Eleanor Roosevelt to Herbert Lehman 24 December 1954

 

On Eisenhower's Economic Plan for Asia

208. Eleanor Roosevelt to Nelson Rockefeller 27 December 1954

 

Resigning from Americans for Democratic Action

209. Eleanor Roosevelt to Edward Hollander 28 December 1954

 

On Women and Paid Labor

210. "What Are the Motives For a Woman Working?" 1954

 

Supporting the American Association for the United Nations

211. Eleanor Roosevelt to Friends 1954

1955

On Tito and Yugoslavia, Part VI

212. Eleanor Roosevelt to Bobich 4 January 1955

 

Resigning From the National Issues Committee

213. Eleanor Roosevelt to National Issues Committee Board of Directors 4 January 1955

 

On Adlai Stevenson, Part II

214. Eleanor Roosevelt to Arthur Murray, Viscount Elibank 4 January 1955

 

On Clark Eichelberger and the American Association for The United Nations

215. Eleanor Roosevelt to George Randall 4 January 1955

 

On The Genocide Convention, Part II

216. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Frazen 25 January 1955

 

Asking Clemency for Egyptian Jewish Activists

217. Eleanor Roosevelt to Ahmed Hussein January 1955

 

On Admitting China to The United Nations

218. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mildred Harrigan 9 February 1955

 

On International Relations and Her Travel Plans

219. Eleanor Roosevelt to Durward Sandifer 9 February 1955

 

On The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

220. "The Best Day" 17 February 1955

 

On The United States Information Agency

221. Eleanor Roosevelt to Patricia Pratt 21 February 1955

 

On Her Refusal to Visit a Racially Segregated Club

222. Eleanor Roosevelt to Claude Bowers 2 March 1955

 

Traveling in Israel

223. Eleanor Roosevelt to Moshe Sharett 26 March 1955

224. Eleanor Roosevelt to Arthur Nutting 26 March 1955

 

Celebrating The Polio Vaccine

225. Jonas Salk to Eleanor Roosevelt 26 March 1955

 

On The Yalta Papers

226. Eleanor Roosevelt to Connie Newman 2 April 1955

227. Eleanor Roosevelt to Porter 21 April 1955

 

On The Yalta Papers and Her Travel in Israel

228. Eleanor Roosevelt to June Gordon 8 April 1955

 

On The United Nations, South Asia, The Middle East, and Kenya

229. Eleanor Roosevelt to Estelle Hollibaugh 11 April 1955

 

On The Relations Between Jewish and Muslim People in Morocco

230. Eleanor Roosevelt to Eleanor Knight 11 April 1955

 

On Logging in Olympic National Park

231. Eleanor Roosevelt to James T. Sheehy 18 April 1955

 

On Quemoy and Matsu

232. Eleanor Roosevelt to Dwight Eisenhower 19 April 1955

 

Defending The United Nations

233. Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee 22 April 1955

 

On Funding and Racial Segregation in Schools

234. Eleanor Roosevelt to Walter Reuther and Roy Wilkins 22 April 1955

235. Alfred Baker Lewis to Eleanor Roosevelt 27 April 1955

 

On Disarmament and Israel

236. Eleanor Roosevelt to Jawarhalal Nehru 26 April 1955

237. Jawarhalal Nehru to Eleanor Roosevelt 13 May 1955

 

On Congressional Investigations

238. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Eastland 13 May 1955

 

On Foreign Aid

239. Press Release, Americans for Democratic Action 23 May 1955

 

On The Daughters of the American Revolution, Part II

240. John Borden to Eleanor Roosevelt and her response 25 May 1955

 

On Israel and Palestinians, Part II

241. Eleanor Roosevelt to David Berkingoff 27 May 1955

 

On The Austrian State Treaty

242. "Total Disarmament as Goal" 28 May 1955

 

On Israel and The Middle East

243. Eleanor Roosevelt to Mossie Wyker 3 June 1955

 

On The Relationship Between the US Military and the United Nations

244. Eleanor Roosevelt to J. R. Heilbron 13 June 1955

 

Lobbying on Federal Funding Priorities

245. Eleanor Roosevelt to Thomas Hennings, Jr. 13 June 1955

 

On John F. Kennedy and The 1953 Refugee Relief Act

246. Abba Schwartz to Eleanor Roosevelt 17 June 1955

 

Seeking To Redistribute Unused Medical Equipment

247. Eleanor Roosevelt to Paul French 21 June 1955

 

On Soviet Propaganda

248. Eleanor Roosevelt to Frank Rivera 23 June 1955

 

On Colonialism, Great Britain, and India

249. Eleanor Roosevelt to Isabel Hogg 29 June 1955

 

Supporting Stevenson for President

250. Eleanor Roosevelt to William Benton 30 June 1955

 

On The Impact of Undesirable Discharges

251. Eleanor Roosevelt to Robert Stevens 8 July 1955

 

On Property Rights and Human Rights

252. Eleanor Roosevelt to Phyllis Schlafly 15 July 1955

 

On Creating a Better World

253. "Patience, Persistence, Vision, and Work" July 1955

 

Encouraging Admission of South African Students to The United States

254. Eleanor Roosevelt to Alan Paton 3 August 1955

 

On Mental Health, Part III

255. Eleanor Roosevelt to Arthur Sulzberger 8 August 1955

 

Traveling in Asia and to the World Conference for The United Nations

256. Eleanor Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Halstead 24 August 1955

257. Eleanor Roosevelt to Clark Eichelberger 8 September 1955

258. Eleanor Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Halstead 9 September 1955

259. Notes on Eleanor Roosevelt's Press Conference 19 September 1955

 

On Being Called a Housewife

260. Eleanor Roosevelt to Ceil Johnson 28 September 1955

 

Mobilizing Congress on Civil Rights

261. Meeting Minutes, NAACP Board of Directors 10 October 1955

 

On The United Nations, Part II

262. Eleanor Roosevelt to Harry Blackford 20 October 1955

 

On India, Her Schedule, And The American Association for the United Nations

263. Eleanor Roosevelt to John Sherman Cooper 21 October 1955

 

On The Upcoming Presidential Election

264. Eleanor Roosevelt to Al Lowenstein 25 October 1955

265. Eleanor Roosevelt to Arthur Murray, Viscount Elibank 28 October 1955

266. Eleanor Roosevelt to Arthur Murray, Viscount Elibank 28 November 1955

 

On The United Nations, Part III

267. Eleanor Roosevelt to Henry Hofing 3 November 1955

 

On The United Nations and the Middle East

268. My Day 3 November 1955

 

On Emmitt Till

269. Eleanor Roosevelt to Chas Smith 3 November 1955

 

On Racial Segregation

270. Eleanor Roosevelt to Elinor Cooper and her reply 17 November 1955

 

On Henry Wallace and Franklin Roosevelt

271. Eleanor Roosevelt to Donald Mackay 23 November 1955

 

On A Woman President

272. Meyer Perlstein to Paul Butler 2 December 1955

273. Eleanor Roosevelt to Meyer Perlstein n.d.

 

On The Upcoming Presidential Election, Part II

273. Eleanor Roosevelt to Al Lowenstein 8 December 1955

 

On The Place of American Labor in The World

274. Eleanor Roosevelt Statement to the AFL-CIO 8 December 1955

 

On Israel

275. Eleanor Roosevelt to Joseph Baratz 8 December 1955

 

Supporting Stevenson for President, Part II

276. Eleanor Roosevelt to Agnes Meyer 9 December 1955

277. Agnes Meyer to Eleanor Roosevelt 13 December 1955

278. Eleanor Roosevelt to Agnes Meyer 14 December 1955

 

Democratic and Republican Politics

279. Eleanor Roosevelt to Bernard Baruch 12 December 1955

 

On Food Surplus in The United States

280. Eleanor Roosevelt to Paul French 13 December 1955

 

Defending Truman's Use of Atomic Bombs

281. Eleanor Roosevelt to Edward Dubrork 14 December 1955

 

Defending Herself Against Her Critics

282. Eleanor Roosevelt to A. Burdick 16 December 1955

 

Supporting Foreign Aid

283. Press Release, Americans for Democratic Action 19 December 1955

 

On The Smith Act

284. Christmas Amnesty Petition 21 December 1955

 

On Promoting Democracy Abroad

285. Eleanor Roosevelt to Barratt O'Hara 27 December 1955

 

On Cyprus

286. Eleanor Roosevelt to C. Liacopoulos 27 December 1955

 

Aiding a Refugee

287. Eleanor Roosevelt to James Roosevelt 29 December 1955

 

On The US Delegation to The United Nations, The Eisenhower Administration, and Her Schedule

288. Eleanor Roosevelt to Durward Sandifer 30 December 1955

 

On Israel and Palestinians, Part III

289. Eleanor Roosevelt to Frances Windom 30 December 1955

 

On The Smith Act, Part II

290. Eleanor Roosevelt to Matilda Scarry 30 December 1955

 

On Israel, Part II

291. The Women of Israel 1955

292. Draft Statement on Israel 1955


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