Thesis advisor: Patrick Maney / Among American First Ladies, one presidential wife in particular consistently ranks among one of the most influential women to hold the office. Eleanor Roosevelt’s precedent-setting tenure in the White House established a lasting legacy that influenced many of the women who followed her. Two of these First Ladies, Betty Ford and Rosalynn Carter, are often overlooked in comparative studies of Eleanor Roosevelt with other presidential wives. Scholars typically highlight Hillary Rodham Clinton or Lady Bird Johnson, neglecting the First Ladyships of Ford and Carter. These two women, however, both pointed to Eleanor Roosevelt as an inspiration for their approach to the office. Both Betty Ford and Rosalynn Carter incorporated three main components of Eleanor Roosevelt’s impressive legacy into their tenures as First Lady of the United States: an ever-expanding public role, increased independence, and launching initiatives concerned with social welfare to improve the lives of their fellow Americans. All of these actions can be traced back to Roosevelt’s innovative First Ladyship and their appearance in the successive Ford and Carter administrations highlight the interconnectedness of all three First Ladies and their considerable impact on their country both during and after their time in the White House. / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2012. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: College Honors Program. / Discipline: History.

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This thesis is an attempt to render theatrically the establishment and eventual dissolution of the Federal Theatre Project, from the point of view of its appointed director Hallie Flanagan. Drawn from a variety of historical sources, including subjective first-person accounts and objective transcripts of congressional investigation testimony, the play approximates the structure of the Living Newspaper, a style of presentation adopted by the Federal Theatre Project. This thesis also includes an appendix, which details my playwriting process for this particular play, from initial concept through to production.

Submitted by Marlene Santos (marlene.bc.ufg@gmail.com) on 2016-08-17T19:36:02Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação -Fernanda Linhares Pereira - 2016.pdf: 2154759 bytes, checksum: f359123383e309f60306ec52dd147c25 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2016-08-18T13:04:25Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação -Fernanda Linhares Pereira - 2016.pdf: 2154759 bytes, checksum: f359123383e309f60306ec52dd147c25 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-18T13:04:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação -Fernanda Linhares Pereira - 2016.pdf: 2154759 bytes, checksum: f359123383e309f60306ec52dd147c25 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-22 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The present work aims to discuss the general theme of the subject of human rights, and in particular, search to answer the question: who is the subject of human rights in the 1950 - 1960. Therefore, the emphasis is placed both in the trajectory life and the construction of the subject as Eleanor Roosevelt in political networks that made possible the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. A dialogue is established between the Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, two of the main sources used in this study. The objective is then to identify who is the subject of human rights in after World War II, starting dialogue between these two sources. At the same time make an evaluation of the historical, legal and philosophical transformations driven by new project of nascent human rights after conflicts from World War II. / O presente trabalho pretende dissertar sobre a temática do sujeito dos direitos humanos em geral, e em particular, busca responder à pergunta: quem é o sujeito dos direitos humanos nas décadas de 1950 a 1960. Para tanto, a ênfase é colocada tanto na trajetória de vida e na construção do sujeito Eleanor Roosevelt quanto nas redes políticas que tornaram possível a elaboração da Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos de 1948. Um diálogo é estabelecido entre a Autobiografia de Eleanor Roosevelt e a Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos, duas das principais fontes utilizadas neste estudo. O objetivo deste trabalho é então identificar quem é o sujeito dos direitos humanos no pós-Segunda Guerra, a partir do diálogo entre essas duas fontes. Ao mesmo tempo fazer uma avaliação das transformações históricas, jurídicas e filosóficas impulsionadas pelo novo projeto de direitos humanos nascente após os conflitos da Segunda Guerra Mundial.