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[[File:1939 Air Transport Association advertisement.jpg|thumb|1939 [[Air Transport Association]] advertisement with [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] promoting commercial air transportation in the US]] |
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'''''My Day''''' was a newspaper column that was written by [[First Lady of the United States]] [[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 |
'''''My Day''''' was a newspaper column that was written by [[First Lady of the United States]] [[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 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]], Eleanor 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> With this column, Roosevelt became the first First Lady to write a daily newspaper column.<ref>[[Doris Kearns Goodwin|Goodwin, Doris Kearns]] (1994). No Ordinary Time. p. 10. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-684-80448-4.</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:25, 16 October 2016
My Day was a newspaper column that was written by First Lady of the United States 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 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, Eleanor Roosevelt's literary agent, encouraged her to write the column.[1] With this column, Roosevelt became the first First Lady to write a daily newspaper column.[2]
References
- ^ The Press: First Lady's Home Journal. TIME, Monday, March 8, 1937
- ^ Goodwin, Doris Kearns (1994). No Ordinary Time. p. 10. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-684-80448-4.
External links
- My Day, PBS. Retrieved January 4, 2008.
- "My Day" Project, George Washington University. Retrieved January 4, 2009.