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Eleanor Roosevelt and changemakers.

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Eleanor Roosevelt and changemakers: human rights, public service, diplomacy, and women who changed history

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5 Daily Trivia Questions, powered by AI. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison.

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Today's theme is Eleanor Roosevelt and Changemakers, Human Rights, Public Service, Diplomacy,

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and Women Who Changed History. Question 1. In the aftermath

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of World War II, Eleanor Roosevelt presided over intense debates...

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As chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights,

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what landmark document did she shepherd to adoption? A text

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she famously dubbed the Magna Carta for all mankind. Question two.

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To expand opportunities for women journalists, what unusual practice did

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First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt institute at the White House? that

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effectively compelled newspapers to hire and assign female reporters. Question 3.

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During the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,

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which Indian delegate is credited with changing draft language from

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all men to all human beings, ensuring the document's famous

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opening embraces everyone? Question four. As U.S. Secretary of Labor

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in the New Deal and the nation's first female cabinet member,

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Francis Perkins championed which landmark social insurance program that established

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old-age pensions and unemployment insurance? Question five. An educator-turned-policy strategist,

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which leader founded the National Council of Negro Women and

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helped organize President Franklin D. Roosevelt's informal black cabinet? to

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expand New Deal opportunities for black Americans? We'll be right

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back with these answers after this break. Welcome back. Question one,

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which UN document did Eleanor Roosevelt Shepard to adoption? Answer,

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the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Adopted in 1948, the

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UDHR outlines 30 fundamental rights and freedoms for all people.

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Roosevelt's consensus-building across rival blocs was crucial to its passage

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and global influence. Question 2. What press innovation did Eleanor

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Roosevelt use to boost women reporters? Answer. Women-only White House

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press conferences. From the 1930s through World War II, Roosevelt

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held press conferences open only to credentialed women. This leveraged

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her platform to nudge newsrooms into employing more women reporters.

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Question 3. Who changed all men to all human beings

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in the UDHR? Answer Hansa Mehta. Hansa Mehta, a women's

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rights advocate and Indian delegate to the UN, pressed for

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inclusive wording in Article 1. Her intervention helped cement gender-neutral

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language in the UDHR's core principles. Question 4. Which program

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did Francis Perkins champion into law? Answer. Social Security. Perkins

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was a principal architect of the Social Security Act of 1935.

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The program became a cornerstone of the American safety net

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and remained central to U.S. social policy. Question 5. Who

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founded the NCNW and rallied FDR's Black Cabinet? Answer. Mary

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McLeod Bethune. Bethune advised the Roosevelt administration and directed the

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National Youth Administration's Office of Negro Affairs. She used her

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influence to open federal jobs and training programs to black citizens.

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That concludes today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison,

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and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology.

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