A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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This is the story of Eleanor Roosevelt's proudest achievement and of the remarkable group of men and women from around the world who share in its realisation. Widely celebrated as a role model for women, Eleanor Roosevelt had no diplomatic experience when she was asked by President Truman to help create the world's first international bill of rights, and the true founding document of the modern rights movement. At first uncertain of her abilities, still reeling form the death of FDR, she quickly came into her own. Based on untapped archives and diaries, and letters to which the author was given exclusive access, A WORLD MADE NEW is the dramatic and inspiring story of this pivotal moment in Eleanor Roosevelt's life - and in world history.

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Riveting and important...Glendon tells this story with vivid detail and narrative drive.
The Washington Post

Vividly written and evenhanded, A World Made New is an important, potentially galvanizing book, and in this frightful, ferocious time, marked by war and agony, it is urgent reading.
Blanche Wiesen Cook, Los Angeles Times

A terrific story, and Glendon tells it well....An illuminating and unexpectedly timely book.
The New Republic

The definitive account...Anybody concerned with the question of human rights in todays world will need to read it and refer to it.
The New York Times Book Review

Author Bio

Mary Ann Glendon is Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard University. She is the author of Rights Talk and Abortion and Divorce in Western Law, and winner of the Scribes Book Award.