Award-winning actress and scholar Leslie Goddard returns to First UMC in this United Women in Faith fundraiser. She portrays one of the most fascinating and influential public figures of the twentieth century. Born into the wealth during America’s Gilded Age, Eleanor Roosevelt grew from shy, homely orphan into a confident, driven woman who championed progressive causes and the rights of man. Drawn from Eleanor’s own letters, diaries, newspaper columns, and other writings, this thoroughly researched and engaging performance captures the warm, honest, and passionate American first lady and stateswoman. (Inspired by the book The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt by Eleanor Roosevelt. Also recommended: Eleanor Roosevelt: Vols. 1 and 2 by Blanche Wiesen Cook.)