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'''''My Day''''' was a newspaper column that was written by first lady [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] six days a week from 1935 to 1962. In her column, she discussed issues such as [[Race (classification of human beings)|race]], [[women]], and key events ([[Pearl Harbor]], [[Prohibition]], [[H Bomb]], etc.). This column allowed Mrs. Roosevelt to spread her ideas and thoughts to millions of Americans and give them a new view on the issues they faced every day. [[George T. Bye]], Mrs. Roosevelt's [[literary agent]], encouraged her to write the column.<ref>The Press: First Lady's Home Journal. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930893,00.html TIME], Monday, March 8, 1937</ref> |
'''''My Day''''' was a newspaper column that was written by first lady [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] six days a week from 1935 to 1962. In her column, she discussed issues such as [[Race (classification of human beings)|race]], [[women]], and key events ([[Pearl Harbor]], [[Prohibition]], [[H Bomb]], etc.). This column allowed Mrs. Roosevelt to spread her ideas and thoughts to millions of Americans and give them a new view on the issues they faced every day. [[George T. Bye]], Mrs. Roosevelt's [[literary agent]], encouraged her to write the column.<ref>The Press: First Lady's Home Journal. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930893,00.html TIME], Monday, March 8, 1937</ref> |
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''My Day'' influenced many Americans. Women felt empowered by learning Mrs. Roosevelt's opinion. She also gave [[African Americans]] a sense of hope for the future.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}} |
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Revision as of 19:08, 31 August 2015
My Day was a newspaper column that was written by first lady Eleanor Roosevelt six days a week from 1935 to 1962. In her column, she discussed issues such as race, women, and key events (Pearl Harbor, Prohibition, H Bomb, etc.). This column allowed Mrs. Roosevelt to spread her ideas and thoughts to millions of Americans and give them a new view on the issues they faced every day. George T. Bye, Mrs. Roosevelt's literary agent, encouraged her to write the column.[1]
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External links
- My Day, PBS. Retrieved January 4, 2008.
- "My Day" Project, George Washington University. Retrieved January 4, 2009.