Question

How did FDR contribute to women’s causes during the 1930s

Answer 1

At that time, women's causes were not at the top of the Franklin D. Roosevelt priority list. However, he indirectly helped them by creating more jobs in the economy open to women through its New Deal program.

Thanks to his program, many women obtained jobs, since librarians and girls also had more opportunities in the form of education, work and training aids. Under the New Deal, work benefits were also granted to women, such as equal pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act, among others.

Many of these opportunities were made possible through the efforts of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.