Secretary Hillary Clinton unveils statue of Eleanor Roosevelt and becomes Honorary Fellow

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Secretary Hillary Clinton unveils statue of Eleanor Roosevelt and becomes Honorary Fellow



https://www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk/news/secretary-hillary-clinton-unveils-statue-eleanor-roosevelt-and-becomes-honorary-fellow

9/10/18

To mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at Mansfield College held a two-day, invitation only event on Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th October at Mansfield College.

Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton unveiled a statue of Eleanor Roosevelt outside the Bonavero Institute in Mansfield College on Monday 8th October and was made an Honorary Fellow of Mansfield College. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States of America, played a key role in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10th December 1948. She believed that education and equal opportunities should be available to all, and she used her role as First Lady of the United States of America to fight for civil rights, the rights of women and racial equality.

As Secretary of State, Senator, First Lady and lawyer, Secretary Clinton has also devoted much of her professional life to campaigning for the rights of women and children, for the reform of public education and public healthcare, as well as for racial equality. Earlier this year she gave the Oxford University Romanes lecture, which focused on the current state of political engagement across the world.

The bronze statue, by artist Penelope Jencks, presents Eleanor Roosevelt in a quiet and reflective pose and is a second casting of the statue of Eleanor Roosevelt that stands in Manhattan’s Riverside Park.

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, former Principal of Mansfield College, who with the Bonavero Institute and Mansfield College, campaigned to bring the statue of Eleanor Roosevelt to Oxford, joined Secretary Clinton in conversation on the role that women have played in promoting and protecting human rights. Secretary Rodham Clinton then received an Honorary Fellowship of Mansfield College from Helen Mountfield, QC, Principal of Mansfield.

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[Cha]

1. Thank You, ILT

[Lucinda]

2. KNR Thank you!

[littlemissmartypants]

3. Thanks for this post, iluvtennis.

We need all the good news we can get. So wonderful to see that perfect Hillary smile.

[iluvtennis]

4. You're welcome. Ya'll know I love anything about Hillary. BTW, in reading Hillary's latest book,

Eleanor Roosevelt was one of her heroes.