Title
Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial
Primary Artist Last
Jencks
Primary Artist First
Penelope
Primary Artist Middle
NULL
Secondary Artist Last
Dwyer
Secondary Artist First
Michael
Secondary Artist Middle
Middleton
Artists Keyword
American, Woman
Primary Architect Last
NULL
Primary Architect First
NULL
Primary Architect Middle
NULL
Secondary Architect Last
NULL
Secondary Architect First
NULL
Secondary Architect Middle
NULL
Landscape Architect Last
NULL
Landscape Architect First
NULL
Landscape Architect Middle
NULL
Architecture Firm
Bruce Kelly/David Varnell
Foundry
Paul King Foundry
Fabricator
Giuliano Cecchirelli
Date Created Approximation
N
Date Dedicated Approximation
N
Artwork Type2
Monument/Memorial
Material
Bronze, granite, bluestone
Location Name
Riverside Park
Address
72nd Street & Riverside Drive
Subject Keyword
Woman, First Lady, Reformer
Inscription
Medallion 1: WHERE AFTER ALL, / DO UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS BEGIN? / IN SMALL PLACES, CLOSE TO HOME / SUCH ARE THE PLACES / WHERE EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD / SEEKS EQUAL JUSTICE, / EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, / EQUAL DIGNITY. / --- / ELEANOR ROOSEVELT / 1958 Medallion 2: SHE WOULD RATHER LIGHT A CANDLE / THAN CURSE THE DARKNESS / AND HER GLOW / HAS WARMED THE WORLD / --- / ADLAI E. STEVENSON / 1962 Plaque 1: ANNA ELEANOR ROOSEVELT / 1884-1962 / --- / BORN IN NEW YORK CITY ON OCTOBER 11, 1884, SHE WAS ORPHANED AT AGE / TEN AND EDUCATED IN ENGLAND. SHE MARRIED FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT / IN 1905 AND BORE SIX CHILDREN BETWEEN 1906 AND 1916. SHE BECAME A / LEADER IN NEW YORK STATE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THE 1920'S AND SERVED / ACTIVELY FOR FOUR YEARS AS WIFE OF GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT. FROM 1933 / TO 1945 SHE GREATLY EXPANDED THE ROLE OF FIRST LADY OF THE / UNITED STATES. SHE FOUGHT FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LABOR, MINORITIES, / THE POOR, WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE. SHE WAS APPOINTED UNITED STATES / DELEGATE TO THE UNITED NATIONSBY PRESIDENT TRUMAN IN 1946. AS CHAIR / OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, SHE LED THE / SUCCESSFUL EFFORT THAT SECURED PASSAGE OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION / OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN 1948. SHE CONTINUED HER WORK AS TEACHER, WRITER, / ADVOCATE, AND HUMANITARIAN UNTIL HER DEATH ON NOVEMBER 7, 1962. / SHE IS REMEMBERED AS THE "FIRST LADY OF THE WORLD." Plaque 2: THE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT MONUMENT FUND EXPRESSES ITS GRATITUDE / TO THESE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE GENEROSITY AND TALENT / THAT HELPED RESTORE THE SOUTH LAWN OF RIVERSIDE PARK / AND CREATED THIS MONUMENT TO ELEANOR ROOSEVELT. / --- / [28 NAMES] / --- / PENELOPE JENCKS, SCULPTOR / BRUCE KELLY/DAVID VARNELL, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS / --- / RUDOLPH W. GIULIANI, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK / RUTH W. MESSENGER, PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN / RONNIE M. ELDRIDGE, MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL / --- / HENRY J. STERN, COMMISSIONER OF PARKS AND RECREATION / MCMXCVI
Managing City Agency
Department of Parks and Recreation
Acquisition
Gift of Eleanor Roosevelt Monument Fund