Why did the US President Harry S. Truman call Eleanor Roosevelt ‘The first lady of the world’?

Eleanor Roosevelt was the niece of the U.S president Theodore Roosevelt. However, her ‘plain looks and lack of manners’, troubled her. Eleanor married a distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and turned into a passionate social activist. She campaigned to put a stop to child labour, establish minimum wages and pass laws to protect workers. Eleanor was elected director of the ‘Bureau of Women’s Activities’ by the Democratic National Committee. In 1932, she played a key role in Franklin’s successful bid for presidency.

Eleanor became the longest serving First Lady of the United States. She gave lectures and radio broadcasts and wrote a column in a daily newspaper. She fought for the rights of the blacks. Eleanor was elected as the head of the United Nations Human Rights Commission. U.S President Harry S. Truman called her the first lady of the world. Such were her contributions to humanity.