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Like everyone has already expressed these letters were heartbreaking to read and its impossible not to feel these womens despair. They reminded me of a previous reading we did of the letters that African Americans in the south sent to a Chicago newspaper in their desperation to find a job. These women echoed the same amount of faith and trust that those women did in their letters. While these letters are extremely difficult to read it was amazing to see the kind of faith that the American people had in the government. Eleanor Roosevelt really made her self available to the people and whether or not she was able to help these women I think it must have helped them to know that there was someone out there who was listening. --Emma Peck | Like everyone has already expressed these letters were heartbreaking to read and its impossible not to feel these womens despair. They reminded me of a previous reading we did of the letters that African Americans in the south sent to a Chicago newspaper in their desperation to find a job. These women echoed the same amount of faith and trust that those women did in their letters. While these letters are extremely difficult to read it was amazing to see the kind of faith that the American people had in the government. Eleanor Roosevelt really made her self available to the people and whether or not she was able to help these women I think it must have helped them to know that there was someone out there who was listening. --Emma Peck | ||
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| + | I, like many others, found the letters to Mrs. Roosevelt really interesting. I think that its important to notice that many of these women were not comfortable asking for charity, and even reassured Mrs. Roosevelt that if she couldn't help them, they would understand. I also thought that the lady who offered her rings as a sort of collateral was especially intriguing because that fact that she was willing to give up two of her most important possessions shows how desperately she needed help. It also shows how much she trusted the First Lady to keep her rings safe so that she could earn them back later. I think its really cool and different how close these women felt to her. It seems to have been on such a personal level, like they were old friends. - Angie | ||
==Eleanor Roosevelt Applauds the Repeal of the Married Persons Clause of the Economy Act, 1937== | ==Eleanor Roosevelt Applauds the Repeal of the Married Persons Clause of the Economy Act, 1937== | ||
