of the choices we have made," she often said, but meaningful choices required self-knowledge, which she described as the ability to look at oneslf honestly. Until one could do that, one was unable to be sympathetic with or understanding of others. Always available to people and to cause, she soon became one of Washington's legends. She tirelessy toured the nation and gave out speeches on several subjects infused them with her spontaneity and warmth. When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it? -Eleanor Roosevelt Among her several acomplishments as former first lady, she helped United Nations establish the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This achievement established her as a world figure. Few women in world history had posed to themselves more steadily questions like "what am I here for, what is life's purpose, who am I?" ...
