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Pete Seeger and Eleanor Roosevelt at the Labor Canteen - 1944
In honor of the election tonight and of Labor...
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Hard to believe he was ever so young... Eleanor Roosevelt really transcended her time by the issues she supported and the talents she recognized. And she was hardly a "one issue" First Lady, used her office to promote innumerable great political causes. I love Michelle Obama, think she's the closest we have had since, but don't know if we'll ever see another First Lady of Eleanor Roosevelt's stature. 
