1. Write a one sentence summary of what Eleanor Roosevelt is saying
and doing in this letter.

2.Mrs. Roosevelt writes that she is “in complete disagreement” with the organization’s decision to bar the signer from performing. Knowing what you do about Eleanor Roosevelt, why do you think she feels this way?

3.In her letter, the First Lady writes, “you had an opportunity to lead in an enlightened way and it seems to me that your organization has failed.”Rewrite this sentence in your own words.

4.In the final paragraph of her letter, Mrs.Roosevelt writes, “I realize that many people will not agree with me,but feeling as I do this seems to me the only proper procedure to follow.” What does this statement tell you about perceptions of race in the late 1930s?