The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt (71 page)

And after the election—back to work. There is so much to do, so many engrossing challenges, so many heartbreaking and pressing needs, so much in every day that is profoundly interesting.

But, I suppose, I must slow down.

Afterword

MY GRANDMOTHER
would be elated, but not surprised, by the revolution in the status of women that has taken place during the past fifty years. She might wonder what took so long, but since she dedicated her life to both the women’s movement and the civil rights movement, she would be pleased.

Eleanor Roosevelt understood political power and how to use it. She developed her own unique leadership style and grew to become a highly skilled negotiator and conflict mediator. As a leader of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights from 1947 to 1952, she not only played a key role in defining human rights, but she also held the UN and the U.S. accountable for the implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. She remained unafraid to tackle controversy, and she championed the causes of those who were unable to speak for themselves. She was beloved and despised.

Determined to be accessible to the public, she gave more than fifty speeches a year for more than thirty years and had a monthly question-and-answer column, “If You Ask Me.” She developed a clear but kind communication style that helped people feel that they knew her and that she not only understood their lives, but also cared about them. She saw them as individuals, and many of them saw her as a friend.

Given her international fame and the enormous demands on her time, what I find fascinating about my grandmother was her ability to maintain her personal life: the “softer,” emotional parts of our lives that often get short shrift when time is limited and we are overextended.

She had a large capacity for friendship, and she had many close friends from all walks of life. She enjoyed working with people, as part of a team, on all her various projects. She loved being surrounded by family and friends, and she would occasionally throw a head of state or two into the mix if they wanted an audience with her over a holiday. When I was a young girl, I didn’t know who the visiting dignitaries were or why they so wanted to talk to my grandmother. What I do know is that she always listened to us children, no matter who else was in the room. I remember how she loved Christmas, and would shop for us as she traveled around the globe. I remember family birthday parties, New Year’s Eve parties, and grand summers at the pool.

Eleanor Roosevelt was a world leader and human rights activist, but to me, she was my grandmother. She made me feel loved and respected. That was the wonderful gift she gave her family and friends.

—Nancy Roosevelt Ireland

Nancy Roosevelt Ireland is the daughter of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., and the granddaughter of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. She serves on the board of the Roosevelt Institute.

Index

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Adamic, Louis, 232

Adamic, Mrs. Louis, 232

Adams, Henry, 84

Alassio, 30-31

Albany, N.Y., 64, 65-66, 146

Albert I of Belgium, 105

Allahabad, India, 332-333

“Allenswood,” 20

Allison, John M., 337

All Pakistan Women’s Association,
327, 329

American Association for the United Nations, 290, 294, 323, 324, 333, 418, 428

American Construction Council, 124

American Friends Service Committee, 136-137, 254

American Legion, 124

American Youth Congress, 193, 208-209

Anderson, Judith, 259-260

Anderson, Marian, 334

Aquinas, Thomas, 317

Arab refugees, 326

Atlantic Charter, 134, 222-223

Augusta
, 222

Austin, Sen., 316, 323

Australia, 257

Austrian Tyrol, 28

Axel, Prince of Denmark, 96

Balfour, Mr., 87-88

Bali, 361-362, 363-364

Bankhead, William B., 203, 216

bank holiday, 164

Barker, Mrs., 93

Baruch, Bernard, 158, 179, 188, 268, 277

Beardall, Adm., 227

Beatrice, Princess of the Netherlands, 418-419

Beaufort, Duchess of, 243

Beaufort, Duke of, 243

Beirut, 325

Belafonte, Harry, 390

Bellamy, Ralph, 411

Belmont, Mrs. August, 69

Benes, Eduard, 252

Benham, Miss, 101

Bennett, Dr., 78, 115, 116

Berle, Adolf, 159

Berlin, 310, 321

Bernhard, Prince of the Netherlands, 221

Bertaux family, 25, 29

Bilbo, Theodore G., 300

Bingham, Robert, 131

Black, Van Lear, 114, 120

Black Crook, The
, 237

Blair House, 173-174

Bleak House
, 16

Boer War, 26

Bok, Cary, 249

Bok Foundation, 141

Bolívar, Simón, 308

Bonner, Daisy, 276

bonus march, 175-176

Borisov, Alexander, 312

Bourjaily, Monte, 197

Bowery Mission, 13

Bowles, Chester, 324, 329, 330-331, 406

Bowles, Mrs. Chester, 329

Boy-Ed, Capt., 86

Boy Scout Foundation, 124

Brandeis University, 405

Brett, Gen., 265

Brown, Lathrop, 42, 49

Brown, Mrs. Raymond, 123

Bruenn, Dr., 276

Brussels Exposition, 390-391

Bryan, William Jennings, 69, 82

Bryan, Mrs. William Jennings, 69, 82

Bryson Day Nursery, 113

Buckingham Palace, 239, 240-241

Buckley, Margaret, 275, 276

Bullitt, William C., 178, 200

Butler, Paul, 356

Butler, Smedley, 98-99

Bye, George, 198

Byrnes, James, 69, 303

Byrnes, Mrs. James, 69

Caffrey, Ambassador, 264, 266

Caffrey, Mrs., 264

Calder, Capt., 115

Campobello, 44, 57, 59, 67, 85-86, 114-116, 290

Carmellier, Mr., 108

Carter, Ledyard and Milburn, 63, 141

Casablanca, 247-248, 365, 366

Castro, Fidel, 432, 435

Catt, Carrie Chapman, 123

Cermak, Anton J., 248

Chamberlain, Neville, 211

Chang, P. C., 316-317

Charlotte of Luxembourg, 221

Chequers, 241-242

Chiang Kai-shek, 262, 343

Chiang Kai-shek, Mme, 249-250, 262, 287, 343

Chichibu, Princess of Japan, 334, 335, 337

Children’s Aid Society, 12

China, 398, 417

Christmas, 189-190, 231

Christmas Carol, The
, 190

Churchill, Winston, 213, 256

    
and Adamic, 232

    
and Atlantic Charter, 134, 222, 223

    
in Cairo, 262

    
at Chequers, 241-242

    
and de Gaulle, 248

    
and FDR, 223

    
and The Game, 296-297

    
as leader, 233, 235-236, 237

    
and Mohammed V, 275

    
in Quebec, 270, 271

    
and Spain, 245

    
in Teheran, 262

    
at White House, 231-232, 254

Churchill, Mrs. Winston, 242, 245, 270

Civilian Conservation Corps, 181, 193, 203-204

Civil Works Administration, 182

Clark, “Champ,” 69

Clarkson family, 3

Clay, Lucius, 321

Clayton, Will, 315

Clement, Frank, 356

collective farm, 373-374

College of Music, 374-375

Collier, Mrs. Price, 45

Collins, LeRoy, 427

Columbia University, 334

Commager, Henry, 422

Commission for Refugees, 418

Committee for Cultural Exchange, 334

Committee of Soviet Women, 379

Committee Three, 301-303, 307, 308, 320, 322

Communism

    
in India, 332-333

    
in Japan, 335-336

    
and Khrushchev, 383

    
in Poland, 430

    
and Tito, 351

    
in USA, 208-210

Congo, 400, 432, 435

Consumers League, 40

convent, 6-7

Cook, Nancy, 121, 122, 124, 143, 144-145, 146, 148

Coolidge, Calvin, 102

Coolidge, Mrs. Calvin, 102

Corr, Maureen, 290, 291, 325, 342, 343, 349, 370, 372

Cowles, William Sheffield, 43-44, 72

Cowles, Mrs. William Sheffield

    
See
Roosevelt, Anna Auntie Bye

Cowles, William Sheffield, Jr., 43-44

Cracow, 429

Curtis, Prime Minister of Australia, 268

Curtis, Mrs., 268

Daniels, Josephus, 76, 88, 103, 107

Daniels, Mrs. Josephus, 76, 87, 88, 103

Davis, John W., 125

Davis, Norman, 254

De Gaulle, Charles, 248, 269

Delano, Frederic, 45-46, 115

Delano, Mrs. Frederic, 45

Delano, Laura, 275, 276

Delano, Lyman, 38

Delano, Warren I (Capt.), 44, 45

Delano, Warren II, 44

Delano, Mrs. Warren II, 44, 45

    
(Catherine Lyman)

Delano, Warren III, 45

Dember, Prince Ras Desta, 174

Democratic Citizens Committee of N.Y., 436

Democratic National Committee, 148, 149, 160, 216

Democratic State Committee, 121, 122, 123, 124, 148, 152, 156

DePeyster family, 3

depression, 173

De Sapio, Carmine, 422

De Somoza, President of Nicaragua, 199

De Somoza, Señora, 199

Dewey, Thomas, 271

Dick, William Reid, 297

Dickens, Charles, 16, 190

Dickerman, Marion, 120, 121, 122, 124, 143, 144, 145-146

Dies Committee, 209-210

Dinner at the White House
, 232

disarmament, 382

Dodsworth, Mr., 17

Dolphin
, 81, 86

Dornbush, Adrian, 264

Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 305

Draper, George, 117, 120

Dubinsky, David, 234

Dulles, John Foster, 295, 308, 316, 357-358

Duse, Eleonora, 18

Dyer
, 95

Early, Stephen, 193, 227, 275, 276

Eastman, Misses, 73

Edward VII of England, 34

Edward VIII of England, 105-106

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 271, 287, 353-354, 357, 359

Eisenhower, Mrs. Dwight D., 287

Elizabeth, Queen of Belgium, 391

Elizabeth, Queen of England, 200-207, 238, 239, 240, 241, 296

Elizabeth II of England, 243, 245, 297

Ellender, Allen J., 374

Elliott, Mrs. Edward P., 277

Elmhirst, Mrs. Leonard, 179

Emmet, Grenville, 111

Emmet, Marvin and Roosevelt, 111

Emmett, Bay, 38

emotionally disturbed children, 391-393, 396-397

Evans, Maurice, 259, 260

Fabry, Col., 88

Fairhaven house, 44-45, 46

Fala, 157, 269, 271-272, 287-288

Farley, James, 158, 196, 215-217, 218

FBI, 209-210

Ferguson, Robert (Munro-), 8, 37, 38, 50, 53

Ferguson, Mrs. Robert, 49, 53 (Isabella Selmes)

Ferguson, Ronald (Munro-) (Lord Novar), 8, 54, 55, 70

Ferguson, Mrs. Ronald (Helen), 54-55

Ferguson family, 53-54

Fidelity and Deposit Co., 120

Fiji Islands, 256

Finletter, Thomas, 422

Fish, Hamilton, 136

Florence, 31-32

flu epidemic, 96-97

Flynn, Edward J., 132, 148, 158, 196, 217

Foch, Marshal, 97

Foljambe, Mr., 52-53

Foljambe, Mrs., 52-53

Forbes, Paul, 45

Forbes, Mrs. Paul, 45, 52, 99, 285

    
(Aunt Dora Roosevelt)

Ford Foundation, 329

Francis, Ambassador, 101

Franklin D. Roosevelt
, 188

Fraser, Peter, 307

Frederika, Queen of Greece, 344-345

French language, 6, 10, 21, 23, 25, 51

Fuchs, Dr., 405

Gandy, Kitty, 52

General Assembly, 310-313, 432

George Washington
, 101

George II of Greece, 235

George V of England, 243

George VI of England, 200, 207, 240, 241, 296, 297

Gerard, James W., 79

Ghana, 406-407

Gibson, Harvey, 242-243

Girls’ Service League, 136

Glass, Carter, 181

Golden, John, 237-238, 286-287

golf, 61-62

Golunsky, Prof., 433

Gould, Bruce, 198

Gould, Mrs. Bruce, 198

Gowrie, Lady, 257

Gowrie, Lord, 257

Gracie, James King, 42

Gracie, Mrs. James King (Auntie Gracie), 12, 13-14, 42

Grady, Tom, 66

Grantham, Gov. Gen., 342

Grasty, Mr., 101

Gray, Maude, 245-246

Grayson, Dr., 101

Grey, Edward, 106

Grimes, Bushrod, 178

Gromyko, Andrei, 287, 435

Guadalcanal, 258-259

Guatemala, 266

Gurewitsch, David, 343, 349, 365, 370, 381, 390

Gurewitsch, Mrs. David (Edna), 390

Gurewitsch, Grania, 365

Haile Selassie, 294-295

Half Moon
, 57, 90

Hall, Eddie (uncle), 11-12, 15, 36, 46

Hall, Mrs. Eddie, 36

    
(Josie Zabriskie)

Hall, Elizabeth, Aunt Tissie,

    
See
Mortimer, Mrs. Stanley

Hall, Grandfather, 3-4, 14, 16

Hall, Grandmother (Mrs. V. G.)

    
and charity, 12, 18

    
death of, 104

    
and education, 10

    
and ER’s marriage, 41

    
as grandmother, 13, 14, 17, 38

    
influence of, 104-105

    
life with, 9

    
and money, 29, 47

    
as mother, 3, 11-12

    
Sundays with, 16