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In Honor of Human Rights Day, December 10

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Eleanor Roosevelt with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, November 1949

Eleanor Roosevelt with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, November 1949. She was appointed UN ambassador by President Harry S Truman, and in her work there had significant impact in producing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Courtesy Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum

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