What Are We For?

<p><strong>From one of the world's most celebrated and admired public figures Eleanor Roosevelt a collection of her most treasured sayings--the perfect gift for Mother's Day graduation and a new generation of feminists.</strong></p><p><strong>With a foreword by Speaker Nancy Pelosi</strong></p><p><em>No one can make you feel inferior without your consent</em>. We've all heard this powerful Eleanor Roosevelt adage--it is perhaps one of her best known. A wise leader she knew the power of words and throughout her work as First Lady a UN representative and advocate for human rights women youth minorities and workers she was a prolific writer and speaker. </p><p>Eleanor's wise words on government race and ethnicity freedom democracy economics women and gender faith children war peace and our everyday lives leap off the page in memorable quotations such as: </p><p>- <em>One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.</em></p><p>- <em>Progress is rarely achieved by indifference.</em> </p><p>- <em>I am convinced that every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young to use their own minds. For one thing is sure: If they don't make up their minds someone will do it for them. </em></p><p>- <em>Unless people are willing to face the unfamiliar they cannot be creative in any sense for creativity always means the doing of the unfamiliar the breaking of new ground.</em></p><p>...and these are just a few. </p><p>At this politically and culturally divided moment in our nation's history Eleanor Roosevelt's quotes have an even deeper resonance--as moving and insightful as they are timely. <em>What Are We For? </em>is a celebration of a cultural icon and a powerful reminder of Eleanor Roosevelt's extraordinary contributions to our country and the world. </p><p><strong></strong> </p><p> </p>