Posted by admin on October 26, 2009 under Eleanor Roosevelt Fun Facts, Fun Facts | 
“Prospects of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt” first aired on WGBH in October, 1959. The monthly series was a forum for prominent leaders and decision makers to discuss current issues with Eleanor as mediator and host. One of its programs took as its subject the Peace Corps, begun under the Kennedy administration. Eleanor discussed the organization’s formation and the duties of public service with President Kennedy.
For more information:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eleanor/sfeature/tv.html
http://www.wgbhalumni.org/photos/1959-prospects.html
Posted by admin on October 25, 2009 under Abraham Lincoln Fun Facts, Albert Einstein Fun Facts, Benjamin Franklin Fun Facts, Cesar Chavez & Delores Huerta Fun Facts, Clara Barton Fun Facts, Eleanor Roosevelt Fun Facts, Elizabeth Blackwell Fun Facts, Fun Facts, George C. Marshall Fun Facts, George Washington Fun Facts, Harriet Tubman Fun Facts, Harry S Truman Fun Facts, Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan Fun Facts, Jackie Robinson & Branch Rickey Fun Facts, Jane Addams Fun Facts, John Muir Fun Facts, Jonas Salk Fun Facts, Lewis & Clark & Sacagawea Fun Facts, Mary McLeod Bethune Fun Facts, Milton Hershey Fun Facts, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Fun Facts, Roberto Clemente Fun Facts, Rosa Parks Fun Facts, Susan B. Anthony Fun Facts, Thomas Edison Fun Facts, Walt Disney Fun Facts |
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