delegate to the General Assembly of the United Nations. Eleanor Roosevelt put the full weight of her influence behind the Palestine partition plan to establish the State of Israel. Her observations and experiences during her visits to refugee camps in Europe just after the war gave her a deep understanding of the sufferings of the Jewish people. and her position was strengthened by a rare combination of idealism and practicality. In 1952. with the change in administrations. Eleanor Roosevelt resigned her position with the United Nations. She became active in the American Association for the United Nations. traveling extensively both in the United States and abroad.