Eleanor Roosevelt: “Women Must Learn to Play the Game as Men Do”

( 1928 ) Commentary by Allida Black, Eleanor Roosevelt Project, George Washington University

“The machinery of party politics has always been in the hands of men, and still is.” - “Women Must Learn to Play the Game as Men Do”
“If women believe they have a right and duty in political life today, they must learn to talk the language of men. They must … understand the machinery which men have built up through years of practical experience. Against the men bosses there must be women bosses who can talk as equals, with the backing of a coherent organization of women voters behind them.” - “Women Must Learn to Play the Game as Men Do”
“Women must learn to play the game as men do.… They can keep their ideals; but they must face facts and deal with them practically.” - “Women Must Learn to Play the Game as Men Do”

Eleanor Roosevelt (Library of Congress)

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