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Eleanor Roosevelt

First Lady, diplomat and rights advocate, 1884 to 1962

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Transformed the role of First Lady, chaired the committee that drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and championed civil rights and labor causes.

Eleanor Roosevelt sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly progressive on culture, strongly globalist on nation and strongly institutional on institutions.

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Where Eleanor Roosevelt sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Eleanor Roosevelt

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Political views closest to Eleanor Roosevelt

Social democracyKeeps a market economy but adds strong public services, unions and progressive taxes to…96%Effective altruismUses evidence and reason to find the most effective ways of doing good, often favoring…94%FabianismPursues socialism gradually through research, education and reform rather than revolution.94%Social liberalismDefends individual rights and open societies while backing public services and equal…94%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: FDR Presidential Library & Museum, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.