How did the New Deal (and Eleanor Roosevelt) affect women and minorities? What was FDR’s

position on civil rights

James YandallEric Chen

Michael Florentino

Eleanor Roosevelt

• Reminded FDR about suffering Americans• Appointed women to government positions• Purchased and taught at Todhunter• Demanded wire services to employ women

New Deal aid for minorities

• WPA hired women in need of help• “Black Cabinet” first blacks in Cabinet

FDR’s position on Civil Rights

• In June 1941, Roosevelt created the Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC). It was the most important federal move to help the African-Americans Civil rights. Which caused many African-Americans to get jobs that paid with better wages.

Key Words• Eleanor Roosevelt – Wife of President Franklin D.

Roosevelt. First Lady of the United States. A political leader who spoke for people’s rights.

• National Youth Administration – Provided work and education for Americans between the ages of 16 and 25.

• Civilian Conservation Corps - Provided unskilled manual labor jobs related to the conservation and development of natural resources in rural lands owned by federal, state and local governments for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families.

Diagram25 year old waitress

43 year old housewife

54 year old molder

Chief need  Money Money MoneyMeaning of money  Joys the rich

haveChance to

educate children

No more relief orders

Chief fear   Loss of job Poverty Things will never get

betterDoes government owe you a living? No No Thinks U.S.

owes all a job

Who is responsible for Depression? The bankers and building

and loan men

Drift away from church

Capitalism's greed

Would you farm if you had land? Yes, if I knew how

No No

Has religion helped you? When things were  worst

Almost by itself

No

Do you want  government to plan the future? Thinks government 

can plan without

restricting

Will abide by the plan that

offers a better day

Wants help not advice

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What New Deal policies did Eleanor Roosevelt influence?

• National You Administration• Civilian Conservation Corps• Federal Arts Program• Fair Labor Standards Act

What was organized in to protect the rights of black and white tenant

farmers and share croppers?• Southern Tenant Farmers Union• Works Progress Administration• Social Security Act