“It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
My Day (Primary source)
Collections of Roosevelt’s syndicated newspaper column written six days weekly from 1935-1962, offering accessible, diary-like observations on daily life, politics, civil rights, and current events that reached millions of American readers.
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