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  • Collection: Eleanor Roosevelt: We Make Our Own History

Esther Lape and Elizabeth Read

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Esther Lape and Elizabeth Read

Esther Lape

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Esther Lape poses for a portrait

ERA Protestors

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Women protest in Washington for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

ER Volume of Mail, 1933, 1937, 1938

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Volume of mail as indexed by ER and staff in the years 1933, 1937, and 1938. Compiled and adapted by Jonian Rafti.

ER Red Book

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A Red Book article in 1948 showed that American citizens saw Eleanor Roosevelt as an extremely admirable woman.

ER receives honorary degree at Bard College.

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ER in front of Warden’s Hall after receiving honorary degree from Bard College.

ER most admired woman

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Eleanor Roosevelt was named the most admired woman in the country by Minnesota pollers.