【美国人物志】安娜·埃莉诺·罗斯福(5/10)

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美国第32任总统富兰克林·德拉诺·罗斯福的妻子——安娜·埃莉诺·罗斯福是一位不同寻常的第一夫人，她不是以传统的白宫女主人的形象，而是作为杰出的社会活动家、政治家、外交家和作家被载入历史史册的。埃莉诺·罗斯福之所以取得这么大的成就，其关键因素之一是她与富兰克林·德拉诺·罗斯福的婚姻关系。
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        Franklin Roosevelt
        the Depression
        Americans
        Mrs. Roosevelt
        the New Deal
Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in 1932. He promised to end the Depression and put Americans back to work. Mrs. Roosevelt helped her husband by spreading information about his new economic program. It was called the New Deal. She traveled around the country giving speeches and visiting areas that needed economic aid. Mrs. Roosevelt was different from the wives of earlier presidents. She was the first to become active in political and social issues. While her husband was president, Mrs. Roosevelt held more than 300 news conferences for female reporters. She wrote a daily newspaper commentary. She wrote for many magazines. These activities helped spread her ideas to all Americans and showed that women had important things to say.富兰克林罗斯福于1932年被选为总统。他承诺结束大萧条，让人民回到工作上去。罗斯福夫人帮助她的丈夫宣传新的经济政策信息。这被称为罗斯福新政。她周游全国，去演讲，拜访那些需要经济援助的地区。罗斯福太太和早先的总统夫人不同。她是第一个在政治和社会活动中积极参与的。当她的丈夫还是总统的时候，罗斯福太太举办了300多场为女性记者而准备的新闻发布会。她为一家日报写评论，还为很多家杂志社写作。这些让她能够将自己的思想向全美国人传播，并展示女人也有重要的事情去说。