In early 2022, The World As It Could Be’s Sandy Sohcot sat down with her cousin Lois Stein about meeting Eleanor Roosevelt at the 1943 Women’s International Exposition of Arts and Industries in New York City. Sandy and Jazzmin (communications administrator) chatted with Lois about the Exposition, how her mother helped with the event’s coordination, and what Eleanor was like.
After talking with Lois, Sandy and Jazzmin found the following resources related to the 1943 Women’s International Exposition of Arts and Industries!
Historical Documentation from 1943
The Roosevelts and Thanksgiving, Roosevelt House
“After returning to Washington briefly, Eleanor spent the holiday quietly in New York with friends and family having given a speech at the International Thanksgiving Day party of the Women’s International Exposition of Arts and Industries in Madison Square Garden.”
http://www.roosevelthouse.hunter.cuny.edu/exhibits/the-roosevelts-and-thanksgiving/
“A brighter future for the Allied Nations was predicted yesterday by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt when she addressed the International Thanksgiving Day party at the Women’s International Exposition of Arts and Industries in Madison Square Garden”
‘I’m grateful that today we can have more hope than a year ago to look forward to a future that will be brighter,’
she said in her Thanksgiving message to woman of the countries fighting for freedom…
“She was dressed in black. A red camellia was pinned on her dress.
“Women representatives of the United Nations also spoke at the afternoon party, their talks to be broadcast short wave to the various countries.”
Published: November 26, 1943 Copyright © The New York Times
Mandatory Credit: Photo by John Rooney/AP/Shutterstock (6660673a) Eleanor Roosevelt, Wei Tao-Ming First lady Eleanor Roosevelt (second from right)shakes hands with Mme. Wei Tao-Ming, wife of the Chinese ambassador, at the Women’s International Exposition of Arts and Industries at New York’s Madison Square Garden. At left is Mrs. Vladimir Bazykin, wife of the First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy. Mrs. Harold Butler, wife of the Minister to the British Embassy, is at right. Addressing the Exposition in a Thanksgiving Day ceremony, Mrs. Roosevelt cited the group as the kind of co-operation needed in the world today. First Lady At Women’s Exposition, New York, USA
More on the history of the UDHR
About the UDHR and Human Rights Education
Definition of Human Rights
Human rights are held by all persons equally, universally, and forever. Human rights are the basic standards without which people cannot live in dignity. These rights are inalienable. This means you cannot lose these rights just as you cannot cease to be a human being. Human rights are indivisible. In other words, no right is more important than another. Human rights are interdependent. Each right is connected with other rights.
The role of women in shaping the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Women have left an indelible mark on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Through their pushing particular rights to appear as articles or via changing the very language of the text, women have influenced the shape of the Declaration since its inception. Their work made it the universalizing document that it has remained, said Rebecca Adami, a senior lecturer at Stockholm University in Sweden.
