Eleanor Roosevelt
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Flanner House Director Cleo Blackburn and Eleanor Roosevelt during her visit to Flanner House on November 14, 1957. The former First Lady was a fierce political activist for racial and gender equality and devoted much of her life to philanthropy. (Of course, animal rights were not much of a concern in the 1950s, as is obvious from Mrs. Roosevelt’s wardrobe.)
Image Courtesy of Indiana Historical Society.
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Flanner House
Flanner House provides services and resources to sustain and empower individuals in order to build a self-sufficient community. Established in 1898, Flanner Guild, as it was then called, began as a settlement house for African Americans in…