Título: Eleanor Roosevelt
Seção: Arthurdale
Background: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (; October 11, 1884 - November 7, 1962) was an American politician, diplomat and activist. She served as the First Lady of the United States from March 1933 to April 1945 during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest serving First Lady of the United States.  Roosevelt served as United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly from 1945 to 1952. President Harry S. Truman later called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements.

Conteúdo: Roosevelt's chief project during her husband's first two terms was the establishment of a planned community in Arthurdale, West Virginia. On August 18, 1933, at Hickok's urging, Roosevelt visited the families of homeless miners in Morgantown, West Virginia, who had been blacklisted following union activities. Deeply affected by the visit, Roosevelt proposed a resettlement community for the miners at Arthurdale, where they could make a living by subsistence farming, handicrafts, and a local manufacturing plant. She hoped the project could become a model for "a new kind of community" in the U.S., in which workers would be better cared for. Her husband enthusiastically supported the project.  After an initial, disastrous experiment with prefab houses, construction began again in 1934 to Roosevelt's specifications, this time with "every modern convenience", including indoor plumbing and central steam heat. Families occupied the first fifty homes in June, and agreed to repay the government in thirty years' time. Though Roosevelt had hoped for a racially mixed community, the miners insisted on limiting membership to white Christians. After losing a community vote, Roosevelt recommended the creation of other communities for the excluded black and Jewish miners. The experience motivated Roosevelt to become much more outspoken on the issue of racial discrimination.  Roosevelt remained a vigorous fundraiser for the community for several years, as well as spending most of her own income

user: what was Arthurdale?

assistant: Roosevelt's chief project during her husband's first two terms was the establishment of a planned community in Arthurdale,

user: what is a planned community?

assistant: Roosevelt proposed a resettlement community for the miners at Arthurdale, where they could make a living by subsistence farming, handicrafts, and a local manufacturing plant.

user: where is Arthurdale located?

assistant: West Virginia.

user: why did miners need a resettlement community?

assistant: Roosevelt visited the families of homeless miners in Morgantown, West Virginia, who had been blacklisted following union activities.

user: why were they blacklisted?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: what year did she establish Arthurdale?

assistant: After an initial, disastrous experiment with prefab houses, construction began again in 1934 to Roosevelt's specifications,

user: is it still around today?

assistant: Arthurdale continued to sink as a government spending priority for the federal government until 1941, when the U.S. sold off the last of its holdings in the community

user: how many families lived there when it was open?

assistant: Families occupied the first fifty homes in June,

user: is there anything else interesting about Arthurdale?

assistant: Roosevelt herself was sharply discouraged by a 1940 visit in which she felt the town had become excessively dependent on outside assistance.

user: did she try to change the dependence on outside assistance?

assistant: Roosevelt personally considered the project a success, later speaking of the improvements she saw in people's lives

user: were the people of Arthurdale grateful to her?

assistant: However, the residents considered the town a "utopia" compared to their previous circumstances, and many were returned to economic self-sufficiency.