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Eleanor Roosevelt: Typed Letter Signed as First Lady and as Assistant Director of the Office of Civilian Defense....
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Eleanor Roosevelt: Typed Letter Signed as First Lady and as Assistant Director of the Office of Civilian Defense. October 31, 1941. Washington, D.C. One page, 8" x 10.5". Office of Civilian Defense letterhead. To Mrs. Dorothy McAllister, Grand Rapids, Michigan. As war loomed on the horizon, Eleanor Roosevelt's wish was that American women become involved in the war effort. At her urging, FDR asked Florence Kerr, head of the WPA Community Service Projects, to draw up a plan to make use of women volunteers. Mrs. Roosevelt worked closely with Kerr to produce a document that helped in ultimately creating the Office of Civilian Defense, established by Executive Order in May, 1941. This letter, to Dorothy McAllister, Director of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee, was one sent to many women across the country encouraging them to attend an upcoming organizational meeting of the OCD. The letter, written a scant few weeks before America's entry into the war, reads, in part: "Dear Mrs. McAllister: Miss Davison, who heads the women's activities of the Office of Civilian Defense, is calling a meeting of the heads of national women's organizations for all day Saturday, November 8th, at the Government Auditorium... I hope it will be possible for you to attend this meeting, if you are anywhere in this part of the country, as I think it will be very valuable for you to be in touch with the facts and discussions which will come out of this meeting. Very sincerely yours, Eleanor Roosevelt, Assistant Director." Usual folds, faint toning, light discoloration from paper clip to recto and verso, else fine.Auction Info
2009 November Grand Format Americana Auction #6032 (go to Auction Home page)
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November, 2009
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