ositioned Eleanor in Committee III, the humanitarian committee. Her first big step in the UN was when she argued against Russia about their demand for forced repatriation of refugees. Eleanor knew these refugees would be imprisoned or killed so she made a spontaneous speech to the general assembly and won overwhelmingly (Freedman 98). "Eleanor cared about her work, and after her speech in the UN, she personally went to visit refugee camps in Germany, unlike her fellow delegates, who decided to take another round at the golf course afterward" (Hershan 125). Her attitude towards this subject finally allowed her to be received as an equal at the UN. "People respected her for taking a stand, even if she stood alone" (Morey 77). She responded by saying, "It seems to me that I cannot afford...to refuse to do a thing merely because it will make me disliked or bring down a storm of criticism on my head" (qtd. in Morey 79). Eleanor led Committee III and decided to write a Universal Declaration of Human Rights. She was elected chairwoman of Commission III for her astonishing work. She was then reappointed by Truman, and continued to be
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