Meet Eleanor Roosevelt at the Woodland

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — In the public sphere, Eleanor Roosevelt exuded a zest for life and carved out a career and reputation as First Lady by championing the equality of people of all nations. Through her efforts the world began to look anew at human rights and equality. She soon became known not just as First Lady of the United States, but rather, as First Lady of the World and is considered the prime architect of the United Nation’s Declaration of Human Rights. Though she fought on the world’s stage to improve the lives of others, she struggled in the shadow of her famous husband and, in her privates roles as wife, mother and daughter, she suffered much personal pain and disappointment.

Meet Eleanor Roosevelt at the Woodland, 60 Woodland Road in Maplewood, on Sunday, March 20, at 2 p.m. at a first-person historical interpretation, “Eleanor Roosevelt: The Early Years,” presented by Rene Goodwin of the American Historical Theater. The presentation allows attendees to meet the remarkable Eleanor Roosevelt prior to World War II in her initial years as First Lady and to share her passions as well as her pains while looking back in time at America and the world.

Little-known fact: This is Mrs. Roosevelt’s “second” visit to Maplewood. In the late 1920s, prior to her husband’s presidency, she presented her support for the League of Nations in a talk before the Woman’s Club of Maplewood.

  Durand-Hedden, Eleanor Roosevelt