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Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt challenges the idea that women's advancement in politics has limits — and believes a woman could be president one day. She also reflects on her own reluctance to call herself an adviser to her husband, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and what it meant to redefine the role of first lady entirely. Roosevelt also offers her assessment of America's place in the world, and the challenge of coexistence with the Soviet Union.
This 1958 episode from the THIRTEEN archives is the final part of the Heritage series, which presented views of and interviews with prominent persons of the time.
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This Women's History Month, The WNET Group presents Honoring Our Stories: Women Making History, which celebrates trailblazing women, stories of empowerment, artistry, and activism, and special selections from the THIRTEEN archives.
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Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt challenges the idea that women's advancement in politics has limits — and believes a woman could be president one day. She also reflects on her own reluctance to call herself an adviser to her husband, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and what it meant to redefine the role of first lady entirely. Roosevelt also offers her assessment of America's place in the world, and the challenge of coexistence with the Soviet Union.
This 1958 episode from the THIRTEEN archives is the final part of the Heritage series, which presented views of and interviews with prominent persons of the time.
Subscribe to a THIRTEEN newsletter to stay informed: thirteen.org/email-preferences/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=tp_bhm&utm_id=2026_tp_bhm
This Women's History Month, The WNET Group presents Honoring Our Stories: Women Making History, which celebrates trailblazing women, stories of empowerment, artistry, and activism, and special selections from the THIRTEEN archives.
The thumbnail image for this episode is available under public domain by the FDR Presidential Library & Museum, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Link to asset: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eleanor_Roosevelt_at_the_United_Nations,_circa_1946-1947_(3x4_cropped).jpg
Link to license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
#eleanorroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #FDR #firstlady #history #womenshistory #womenshistorymonth #THIRTEEN #THIRTEENWNET #interview #coldwar #unitedstates #freedom
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THIRTEEN is one of America’s most respected and innovative public media providers. Part of The WNET Group, THIRTEEN is a unique cultural and educational institution that harnesses the power of television and electronic media to inform, enlighten, entertain and inspire. The flagship public television station of the New York City tri-state area and the most-watched public television channel in the nation, THIRTEEN reaches millions of people with programming that celebrates arts and culture, offers insightful commentary on the news of the day, explores the worlds of science and nature, and invites people of all ages to have fun while learning.
