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U.S. Representatives to the First United National General Assembly, 12/28/1945

Letter to H. M. Galdwyn Jebb, Executive Secretary, Preparatory Commission of the United Nations, 12/28/1945.
File Unit: 501.BB/12-2145 to 501.BB/1-246 [½], 1910 - 1963. Series: Central Decimal Files, 1910 - 1963. Record Group 59: General Records of the Department of State, 1763 - 2002

This letter lists the representatives and alternate representative of the United States of America to the first part of the First Session of the General Assembly of the @united-nations , including former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt.  

Many people—men and women alike—thought that Franklin D. Roosevelt’s widow, Eleanor Roosevelt, would be an outstanding representative to the first meeting of the United Nations Assembly to be held in London in January 1946. She had been a spokesperson for numerous causes, including community service, civil rights, and international cooperation, during her husband’s administration. Women, especially those who had begun to assume increasingly demanding roles both at home and in the military, were particularly insistent that female candidates be seriously considered as delegates to the new United Nations. Many contended that women were predisposed by nature to seek peaceful means of resolving conflict. This letter identifies Mrs. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt as one the representatives of the United States in this international forum.  
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• See one of the many letters recommending Eleanor Roosevelt’s appointment to the UN Delegation
  
• United Nations Day: The Roosevelts and the UN, via @fdrlibrary
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