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Members of the Roosevelt Chamber Orchestra performed at the KDTH Birthday Bash held at the Depot of the National Mississippi River Museum on October 12th. In the afternoon, Roosevelt competed in the QUIZ KIDS competition against students from Jefferson, Mazzuchelli, and Washington. The Roosevelt team defeated Washingtonin the first round. They finished second to Mazzuchelli in the championship round. The prize was $100. The team is pictured with a representative from Dutrac who sponsored this event.
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Even so, Eleanor did take them more to heart than many of her peers. She saw first hand the difficult conditions under which so many workers labored and the impact of those conditions on the workers' children. Soon she became interested in the work of the National Consumers League, another volunteer group which investigated and worked for the improvement of the condition of the poor working class. Thus the altruistic calling so compelling for the Idealist emerged early in Eleanor's adult life.
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American first lady (1901–09), the second wife of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States. She was noted for institutionalizing the duties of the first lady and refurbishing the White House.
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History exhibit wins top award for Berks pair: Two Kutztown High students capture first place in Pennsylvania's National History Day competition with their Eleanor Roosevelt project. They are heading for this summer's national event in Maryland.
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In 1946, U.S. President Harry S. Truman appointed Eleanor Roosevelt as a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly. She played an instrumental role, along with René Cassin, John Peters Humphrey and others, in drafting the
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