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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For information call: Clifford Laube at (845) 486-7745
The Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presidential Library and Museum
presents
LISTENING TO THE ROOSEVELTS:
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT,
ROADCASTING & DIPLOMACY
with Director of Education and
Associate Professor of Media
at University College Roosevelt
Anya Luscombe
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Henry A. Wallace Center at the
FDR Presidential Library and Home
HYDE PARK, NY -- The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will present
LISTENING TO THE ROOSEVELTS: ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, BROADCASTING & DIPLOMACY with Director of Education and Associate Professor of Media at University College Roosevelt (Netherlands)
Anya Luscombe at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. The program will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home. Attendees are invited to put down their mobile devices and experience Eleanor Roosevelt as listeners did in the age of radio.
LISTENING TO THE ROOSEVELTS:
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, BROADCASTING & DIPLOMACY
Eleanor Roosevelt traveled extensively, gave hundreds of speeches, wrote books and columns, and was a prolific broadcaster. During her time as First Lady -- and during the Cold War -- she used radio to bring people together. Her voice helped a worldwide community form a better understanding of complex political and diplomatic issues.
Anya Luscombe is Director of Education and Associate Professor of Media at University College Roosevelt, the Netherlands (in the province of Zeeland from which the Roosevelt ancestors came). A former BBC journalist, her research interests are media history and Eleanor Roosevelt's use of media. She is the author of FORTY YEARS OF BBC RADIO NEWS: FROM THE SWINGING SIXTIES TO THE TURBULENT NOUGHTIES and several articles on Eleanor Roosevelt and Radio.
Please contact Cliff Laube at (845) 486-7745 with questions about the event.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
Designed by Franklin Roosevelt and dedicated on June 30, 1941, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is the nation's first presidential library and the only one used by a sitting president. Administered by the National Archives and Records Administration since 1941, the Library preserves and makes accessible to the American people the records of FDR's presidency. The Roosevelt Library's mission is to foster a deeper understanding of the lives and times of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and their continuing impact on contemporary life. This work is carried out through the Library's archives and research room, museum collections and exhibitions, innovative educational programs, and engaging public programming. For more information about the Library or its programs call (800) 337-8474 or visit
www.fdrlibrary.org.
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