The New Deal's Effect on a White Woman

During the New Deal many things were created to help the common white woman. One was the Aid to Dependent Children program of Social Security. It was designed largely to assist single mothers. The white women also gained respect because of Roosevelt appointing the first female cabinet member, Francis Perkins. Eleanor Roosevelt was very close to Roosevelt and influenced him to make women's rights more important. Many women also got jobs during the New Deal era but many did not take them because they still believed in the tradition woman who was more of a house wife. Even though it greatly increased women's status the new deal did little for womens rights such as suffrage and legal rights.