![]() ![]() ![]() ER believed that women were entitled to equal rights. ![]() But she also believed that women’s differences from men made them uniquely qualified to engage in political activism. As she put it in her 1933 call to action, It’s Up to the Women, “Women are different from men. They are equals in many ways, but they cannot refuse to acknowledge the differences.” 1 To ER’s way of thinking, women’s differences were the basis for women’s activism. As she explained in an interview with Good Housekeeping: “Women must become more conscious of themselves as women and of their ability to function as a group.” 2 In addition, ER believed that women’s distinctive approach to politics would benefit society as a whole. As she told the New York Times: “Women are by nature progressives.” 3 ER exemplified what scholars have described as the “domestication of politics,” engaging in a distinctive “women’s political culture” that placed women at the vanguard of progressive movements for human rights both at home and abroad. It's Up to the Women, by Eleanor Roosevelt, published in 1933. NPS Photo.ĮR was a latecomer to feminist politics. She did not participate in the woman suffrage movement - although she also did not publicly oppose woman suffrage. ![]()
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