Annotation 2

Polenberg, Richard. "Eleanor Roosevelt: Women in Politics." The Era of Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1945: A Brief History with Documents. Boston: Bedford Series in History and Culture, 2000. Print.

Eleanor Roosevelt believed that women, general speaking, were more concerned with welfare, justice, reform and peace than were men. She ties this assumption with the female biological role of being the mother of the race. While women are granted the maternal instinct of love and senstivity to humanity, men rather first develop pride which must eventually evolve into love and devotion. This directly influences the differences in decision-making in consideration to gender. Men approach challenges initially with their pride in mind compared to women who are directed by their heartfelt nature. She states that before women were given the right to vote and participate in government functions, humanitarian issues had remained more or less in the background. After women were incorporated into the government body, these issues had become a main focus.

Eleanor Roosevelt's bias is present in the fact that she is a woman. People naturally have the want to portray themselves as more morally apt than opposing groups which could be the case here. It would be understandable for her state her preference of women over men and attribute more appealing traits to the group. Her position is grounded in observations opposed to definite research concerning the human mind in both genders.

This source directly presents the key ideas needed to direct my argument. It clearly associates the role of genders and the way this factor affects how information is processed and how conclusions are asserted. I can make prominent ties from Eleanor Roosevelt's argument to the argument I am constructing.