Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
… the idea is to make the school useful to the community as a whole. It will be in use during the day for the children, but from the moment they are out of the building their elders may use it until they go to bed at night. It is to function as a community center …
This was done and the practice accelerated widely during the 2nd World War when new building construction was limited by shortages. Some communities use school buildings for multiple purposes. The most frequent use nationwide however has been for polling places in elections.
Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, First Lady (Franklin Delano Roosevelt), U. S. Delegate to the United Nations, Column, My Day, May 24, 1937
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In the midst of the Great Depression there were many innovative, efficient uses of public facilities as the country struggled to get back on its economic feet. However, 80 years later, neither Flint nor other American cities used school buildings for more purposes and kept them open more hours. People suggested the idea as if it was new and never thought of before. When the Great Depression crises was over, many of the excellent, efficient programs were dropped instead of continued. Most school buildings closed by 3 PM in much of the country.
The 2016 election and campaigh was one of the most polarizing in American History, Hate and bigoted groups and individuals supported one of the candidates and some had a predelection towds voilence. Since the election of Abraham Lincoln, Amricans had not been so much at odds. Ironically, the concept of a library itslef produces a liberal institution whose values were at the time contrary to that of many populists who vieed intekkectual efferts as elitist and therfore opposed their existance in the public space.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political figure, diplomat and activist. She served as the First Lady of the United States from March 4, 1933, to April 12, 1945, during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest-serving First Lady of the United States. Roosevelt served as United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952. President Harry S. Truman later called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements.
