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OBJECTIVE: to learn how the New Deal affected various social and
ethnic groups23.3: The New Deal Affects Many GroupsNEW
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENFrances Perkins (p. 677-8)First woman to be
a cabinet member, as Sec. of Labor
Why didnt many men want women to be working during the
Depression?
http://www.ssa.gov/history/fperkins.htmlNEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR
AFRICAN-AMERICANSMary McLeod Bethune (p. 677-8)First
African-American member of a presidents administration, as head of
Office of Minority Affairs
Helped African American students gained employment in the
NYA
Helped organize a Black Cabinet
http://www.ssa.gov/history/fperkins.html
Mary McLeod BethuneIn 1935 Mary McLeod Bethune (front center),
became the first African American woman to hold a high-ranking
government position, serving as the head of the Office of Minority
Affairs in the National Youth Administration. Here, she is shown
with the council of Negro Women, which she helped organize in 1935
to focus on the problems faced by African Americans at the national
level. (New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in
Black Culture)Mary McLeod Bethune
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reserved.DISAPPOINTMENTS ALSOFDR did NOT help passa federal
anti-lynching law
or end the poll tax.
Many New Deal programs discriminated against African Americans
with lower wages, less relief, and segregationMEXICAN AMERICANS
Received even less aid than African-Americans.
Many Mexican-American migrant farm workers were intentionally
excluded because of their lack of a permanent address, UNLIKE white
migrant farm workers.NATIVE AMERICANSFDR appoints John Collier ,
who helps create the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934.
Strengthened Native American land claims
Restored tribal ownership of reservation lands
HELPED TO REVERSE ASSIMILATION POLICES OF THE DAWES ACT.
