1. Eleanor Roosevelt
... out the situation. Everyone wanted to learn more about Eleanor; she went on two lecture tours a year and often surprised the audience. She presented to the Conservative Daughters of the American Revolution a new idea of patriotism one that called for "living for the interests of everyone in our country, and the world not just preparing to die for our country (Weinstein ... 761)." She spoke on the radio and in 1935 earned a total of 72,000 in which she gave to the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). When a Republican congressman charged her with tax evasion she then received the m...
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