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Eleanor worked with the United Nations, a big group of countries from all over the world, to help create an important list of rules called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This said that everybody deserves to be treated with love and respect! She also wrote her own newspaper column every day to share her ideas. Eleanor spoke up for people who could not speak up for themselves.

• Eleanor Roosevelt wrote a newspaper column every day called “My Day” for over 25 years!
• She helped create the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for the United Nations.
• Eleanor was called the “First Lady of the World” because she helped so many people around the globe!