Eleanor Roosevelt

How I Learned to Serve

Performer Megan Wells brings alive the brave and enigmatic first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Speaking as Eleanor, Megan tells the story of her call to service. From the chaos of her youth, Eleanor’s personal journey shaped her compassionate action when confronted with the U.S. Japanese internment camps during World War II. Adults and teens. A part of the "Americans and the Holocaust" exhibit.

Acclaimed storyteller and actress Megan Wells brings alive the brave and enigmatic first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Speaking as Eleanor, Megan tells the story of her call to service. From the chaos of her youth, Eleanor’s personal journey shaped her compassionate action when confronted with the scourge of the U.S. Japanese internment camps during World War II. The recipient of several national awards, Wells has been touring for 35 years.

Adults and teens. (See all programming related to the "Americans and the Holocaust" exhibit.)

Americans and the Holocaust: This event is part of the Daniel Boone Regional Library's programming related to "Americans and the Holocaust," a traveling exhibition that examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s. This exhibit is an educational initiative of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association and will be on display at the Columbia Public Library from February 9 through March 16.

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