March is Women’s History Month. Let’s celebrate a very special neighbor…
Eleanor Roosevelt: The Development of a Woman Activist
With Supervisory Park Ranger, Franceska Macsali Urbin
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Sites
Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 10:00 am
“I have a firm belief in the ability and power of women to achieve the things they want to achieve.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt
One of the most powerful and admired women of her time, Eleanor Roosevelt’s call for “equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination” for all still resonates and inspires today.
Eleanor Roosevelt is known for having championed social welfare and civil rights, wielding influence through FDR as First Lady. But as early as the 1920s, she had joined a group of independent-minded women dedicated to shaping politics and policy.
Eleanor Roosevelt was the product of the Victorian Era, when women were raised to focus their lives on marriage and family. This presentation will discuss the people, events and specific circumstances that helped shape the woman who became an outspoken advocate for equal opportunity, civil rights and human rights, and a powerful political force in her own right.
Franceska Macsali Urbin was born and raised in New York’s Hudson Valley where she earned a Bachelors Degree in History from Marist College and a Masters Degree in Education/Social Studies from SUNY New Paltz. A former teacher, she has now been an employee of the National Park Service for more than 20 years.
An engaging park ranger and tour guide, Ms. Macsali Urbin is the Supervisory Park Ranger at the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt & Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Sites in Hyde Park, NY.
This FREE program will be held at the Putnam Valley Free Library
30 Oscawana Lake Road ♦ Putnam Valley, NY 10579 at 10:00 am