Eleanor Roosevelt Monument

The Eleanor Roosevelt Monument in Riverside Park, Manhattan

The Eleanor Roosevelt Monument is a memorial dedicated to Eleanor Roosevelt, located in New York City's Riverside Park. It is said to be the first monument dedicated to an American president's wife.^[1] The monument was dedicated in 1996, with then–First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton as the keynote speaker.

Design

The monument was designed by the landscape architects Bruce Kelly and David Varnell, and the statue, boulder and foot stone were sculpted by Penelope Jencks. The surrounding granite pavement contains inscriptions designed by the architect Michael Middleton Dwyer, including a summary of Roosevelt's achievements, and a quotation from her 1958 speech at the United Nations, advocating universal human rights.^[2]

References

↑ The New York Times, October 6, 1996.
↑ Jean Parker Phifer, Public Art New York (New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Co., 2009).

Eleanor Roosevelt

Chairwoman, Presidential Commission on the Status of Women (1961–1962) 34th First Lady of the United States (1933–1945)

United Nations	United States delegate, United Nations General Assembly (1946–1952) United Nations Commission on Human Rights (1947–1953, Chairperson 1946–1951) Universal Declaration of Human Rights Human Rights Day

First Lady of the United States	"My Day" daily newspaper column, 1935–1962 Co-Chair, Office of Civilian Defense Marian Anderson Lincoln Memorial Concert Tuskegee Airmen flight Arthurdale and Eleanor, West Virginia American Youth Congress National Youth Administration Federal Council of Negro Affairs Black Cabinet 1940 Democratic National Convention speech Freedom House

Other events	First Lady of New York Presidential Commission on the Status of Women National Organization for Women Encampment for Citizenship

Life and homes	Val-Kill National Historic Site Val-Kill Industries Campobello home Franklin D. Roosevelt's paralytic illness Hyde Park home and gravesite

Legacy	Roosevelt Institute Roosevelt Institute Campus Network Roosevelt Study Center Eleanor Roosevelt Monument Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights Statue at the Franklin Roosevelt Memorial Eleanor Roosevelt College Marian Anderson: the Lincoln Memorial Concert (1939 film) The Eleanor Roosevelt Story (1965 film) Eleanor and Franklin (1976 film) Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977 film) The Roosevelts (2014 documentary)

Related	United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights International Bill of Human Rights International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Morgenthau Plan

Roosevelt family	Franklin D. Roosevelt (husband presidency) Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (daughter) James Roosevelt II (son) Elliott Roosevelt (son) Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (son) John Roosevelt II (son) Eleanor Roosevelt Seagraves (granddaughter) Curtis Roosevelt (grandson) Sara Delano Roosevelt (granddaughter) Franklin Delano Roosevelt III (grandson) John Roosevelt Boettiger (grandson) James Roosevelt III (grandson) Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt (father) Anna Hall Roosevelt (mother) Hall Roosevelt (brother) Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (grandfather) Martha Stewart Bulloch (grandmother) Theodore Roosevelt (uncle presidency) Bamie Roosevelt (aunt) Fala (family dog)

Coordinates: 40°46′50″N 73°59′09″W / 40.78065°N 73.98579°W / 40.78065; -73.98579

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