Three different one-hour programs are available that focus on specific issues of relevence today:

"This is My Story"
Eleanor Roosevelt during the Great Depression

Meet first lady Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937, during her husband’s second term as president. For almost two decades Eleanor Roosevelt had worked to advance minimum wage, maximum hours, laws against child labor, women's rights, women's representation in government, world peace, civil rights, and other progressive causes. A few days after FDR was installed in office in 1933, she held a press conference — for women reporters only. No other "first lady" had ever held a press conference, had ever taken on such a public role. She continued to advance her causes while her husband was in office. Furthermore, Eleanor often served as her husband's "eyes and ears" across the United States by inspecting factories, inner city tenements, military camps, and even coal mines.

Today, seven decades later, it is easy to take for granted the existence of Social Security, Minimum Wage, the Security Exchange Commission, Labor’s right to organize and bargain, and even the United Nations. But none of these existed when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office in March of 1933. What was Eleanor Roosevelt’s role in those first years of the New Deal? What formative experiences made her such a force in the world? How can we learn from her example in addressing the economic and social issues of today?

Through a series of vignettes, witness alternating glimpses into Eleanor Roosevelt's pubic and private personae. Mrs. Roosevelt moves back and forth between an intimate setting of speaking off the record with close friends and a podium setting for her public addresses.

"What We Are Fighting For"
Eleanor Roosevelt during World War II
War is a controversial topic any day of the week. The stakes are higher if you have been working for world peace through a world court for over twenty years — ever since the end of the first World War, the "war to end all wars" — and your husband is the president of the United States while your country is embroiled in the largest war the planet has ever known. How does one stay true to one’s ideals in the midst of war's mayhem? How can we build the world we want while surrounded by tumult?

It is December 1942. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has just returned from England where she visited with soldiers, generals, royalty, and the working people. Find out how the First Lady feels about the individual’s role in a world torn by war, hardship, and uncertainty. Hear how Mrs. Roosevelt both affected and was affected by a world at war.

"Hammering Out Human Rights"
Eleanor Roosevelt at the United Nations
Witness the compassion, the humor, the angst, and the wit of Eleanor Roosevelt. She speaks of the ground-breaking, grueling, tempestuous, and eventually triumphant development of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a Magna Carta for humankind. No wonder President Truman dubbed Mrs. Roosevelt "First Lady of the World."  Find out why Human Rights matter to you, and to the potential longevity of the United States.


The above one-hour programs consist of a 40-45 minute monologue in-character, followed first by a question and answer period with "Eleanor Roosevelt" and then by a question and answer period with the scholar/presenter.

All three programs give glimpses behind her public life into the story of the little girl who lost both parents before the age of ten, a debutante who felt trapped by society’s expectations, and a young wife who raised five children before emerging as one of the 20th century’s most remarkable women.