In the Post World War II era, the United Nations were interested in coming up with a Universal Declaration of Human Rights to ensure that people all over the world were treated with basic dignity and rights to live and thrive. This was an effort to prevent more atrocities like the Holocaust from being committed. Eleanor Roosevelt was an intelligent, outspoken lady, who had an extreme interest in this endeavor. She used all her diplomatic skills to get everyone in agreement on this and get something signed. It was a very good read, and I learned a lot.