Effects of the New Deal Chapter 9: section 3

Women and the New Deal Eleanor deeply involved in presidency 1st female cabinet member: Frances Perkins: Secretary of Labor Helped est. Fair Labor Standards New Deal reinforced gender differences WPA hired mostly men CCC hired no women

African Americans Unemployment 50% by 1934 Eleanor sat with black delegates African American advisors – Black Cabinet President would not support anti-lynching Did not want to lose southern support Excluded domestic and farm laborers in Social Security Sharecroppers evicted with AAA

Native Americans Dawes Act worsened life Indian New Deal – economic assistance and greater control Encouraged practice of religion and customs Indian Reorganization Act – restored tribal control over land Navajo Livestock Reduction – had to kill or sell sheep in Colorado Believed to be destroying soil.