“We must strive in each generation to build a greater understanding of our fellow human beings..the better you build your own lives at home the better you will demonstrate that the things you believe in do build a value here which is worth emulation by the rest of the world..” – Eleanor Roosevelt
The words that Eleanor Roosevelt emulated on that day in 1957 as she gave her commencement address to the crowd at Sarah Lawrence College, hit home with many new grads that year.