“This is no ordinary time” - Eleanor Roosevelt at the Democratic National Convention Tensions ran high as Eleanor Roosevelt approached the podium to address the delegates of the 1940 Democratic National Convention. The prior evening’s raucous proceedings, which led  to FDR’s nomination for an unprecedented third term candidacy, had been long and trying. A host of political issues exposed fissures in the Democratic Party ranks, bringing The Convention to a standstill that bordered on outright revolt.  Amidst this background, Eleanor Roosevelt delivered a historic speech using only a single page of notes.  Read More Photo: Eleanor Roosevelt speaking at the Democratic National Convention. 7/15/40. -from the FDR Library
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“This is no ordinary time” - Eleanor Roosevelt at the Democratic National Convention

Tensions ran high as Eleanor Roosevelt approached the podium to address the delegates of the 1940 Democratic National Convention. The prior evening’s raucous proceedings, which led  to FDR’s nomination for an unprecedented third term candidacy, had been long and trying.

A host of political issues exposed fissures in the Democratic Party ranks, bringing The Convention to a standstill that bordered on outright revolt.  Amidst this background, Eleanor Roosevelt delivered a historic speech using only a single page of notes.  Read More

Photo: Eleanor Roosevelt speaking at the Democratic National Convention. 7/15/40.

-from the FDR Library


Source: fdrlibrary.wordpress.com

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