There was a need for cheaper routes along the Mediterranean and the east was becoming tumultuous.
The Red Cross is the answer
After the passage of the reconstruction acts, it was "military leaders" who took charge of the governments of the former confederate states temporarily, since the entire economy and social structure of the South was in a state of turmoil.
She provided women with unprecedented access to the President. And also She was the first female Cabinet member She was the Secretary of Labor She led the way in establishing Social Security, and helped win approval of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which ended child labor and established a minimum wage. She served as FDR's representative and advisor. Sorry if it’s not enough
