Depth study: women in the new deal(improvements) 1930's

Question 1

sympathetic administration

Answer 1

Eleanor roosevelt spoke for women’s groups as did molly dewson head of Democratic women’s organisation and Frances Perkins became secretary for labour

Question 2

Roosevelt

Answer 2

He gave women leading positions e.g. appeal court judge Florence Allen and first female ambassador Ruth Bryan Owen

Question 3

Reforms

Answer 3

FLSA(1938) and NRA limited hours and gave min wage, indirectly benefited woman
welfare benefits of social security(1935) helped married women bring up children during the depression

Question 4

women joining unions

Answer 4

between 1930-40 300% rise in female unionised labour, more married women working in 1940 due to ww2 and women labour being cheaper