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FDR’s New Deal and expanding bureaucracy meant more women could be employed, especially as many government jobs were in administration, giving women the advantage over men. At the time there were various attitudes towards clerical work that meant it was reserved for women—it was unphysical and seemingly didn’t require much mental strength.
3 Μαρ 2009 · One of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s closest friends and the first female secretary of labor, Perkins capitalized on the president’s political savvy and popularity to enact most of the...
16 Ιαν 2018 · A supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), she mobilized women to vote and campaign for the Democratic Party and lobbied successfully to get women appointed to positions in government during the New Deal. In the 1940s and early 1950s, she prepared, but never published, a memoir of her public life.
10 Οκτ 2024 · Eleanor Roosevelt was an American first lady (1933–45), the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States, and a United Nations diplomat and humanitarian. She was one of the world’s most widely admired and powerful women. Her advocacy of liberal causes made her a controversial figure.
She was in every respect a self-made woman who rose from humble New England origins to become America’s leading advocate for industrial safety and workers’ rights. Click a time period below to learn more about Frances Perkins’ life.
In 1933, Mrs. Roosevelt became the first, First Lady to hold her own press conference. In an attempt to afford equal time to women--who were traditionally barred from presidential press conferences--she allowed only female reporters to attend.
Although initially wary of women’s suffrage, after its passage in 1920, Roosevelt promoted women’s political engagement, playing a leadership role in several organizations, including the League of Women Voters and the Women’s Trade Union League.
