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Title
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Eleanor Roosevelt, Bas-Relief Portrait
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Commemorates
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Roosevelt, Eleanor
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Biographical Text
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Bronze square plaque featuring a figurative bas-relief portrait and text in gold.
The plaque is dedicated to Roosevelt and was erected by the Robert Treat Hotel. It's display can be found on the exterior of the building located in Newark, NJ. Roosevelt was a guest of the hotel in January of 1936 along with her husband. The featured text celebrates her as the most important American woman in history, acknowledging her as a powerful activist and politician.
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Text
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ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
OCTOBER 11, 1884 - NOVEMBER 7, 1962
"There is no more liberating, no more exhilarating
experience than to determine one's position, state it
bravely and then act boldly. Action creates its
own courage; and courage is as contagious as fear."
Eleanor Roosevelt known as the most important
woman in American political history,
was a feminist leader, an activist, a visionary,
and a competitive politician.
No other first lady has had a greater influence on
the course of democracy in this century.
Mrs. Roosevelt was committed to a life of political
actions and was involved in the most controversial
issues of the twentieth century; woman and power,
race and class, war and peace; issues of justice,
economic security; and human rights.
She made the noblest values seem globally
achievable, and she believed particularly in the
power of people, community by community,
and in the power to transform society.
She wrote that social change required that idea be
faced with imagination, integrity, and courage.
That was how she lived her life.
On January 18, 1936 Eleanor Roosevelt together
with her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt
were guests of the Robert Treat Hotel.
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Type
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English
Signage
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English
Display
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Project Researcher
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O'Neill, Iris
