First Lady Unveils Roosevelt Statue

Hillary Rodham Clinton, an admirer of Eleanor Roosevelt, unveiled an 8-foot bronze and stone statue of the crusading former first lady and joked about her famous imaginary conversations with Roosevelt. “When I last spoke with Mrs. Roosevelt, she wanted me to tell all of you how pleased she is by this great, great new statue,” the first lady said to thousands who gathered for the unveiling in Manhattan’s Riverside Park. The statue, the work of artist Penelope Jencks, depicts Mrs. Roosevelt, who was born and who died in New York, leaning against a rock, gazing in deep thought. Mrs. Roosevelt, a tireless worker for social causes, was first lady from 1933 to 1945, longer than any other.