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OCR: Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) was an American diplomat writer and one of the most politicaliy- -active and infiuential first ladies in U.S. history AS the wife of President Franklin Delano Rooseveit she was first lady from 1932 until his death in 1945. Particulariy conscious of racial intolerance, she resigned from the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1939 when biack opera singer Marian Anderson was not aliowed to sing at hall owned by that organization. Aiso concerned with refugee issues, Mrs. Roosevelt spoke out in favor of U. admission for the German Jewish refugees on the S.S. St. Louis whiie that ship waited off the U.S coast. After the war, Mrs. Rooseveit served as the U.S. amba issador to the United Nations Americar politically infiuentia iady Andersor ambassador

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