Women and the Spirit of the New Deal - Softcover

Nat'l New Deal Preservation Assn; Frances Perkins Center; Living New Deal

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0578437074 ISBN 13: 9780578437071

Publisher: National New Deal Preservation Association, 2019

Synopsis

The book highlights the extensive role of women in the programs and operations of the New Deal under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.  It was prepared for a two-day conference, “Women and the Spirit of the New Deal,” held in Berkeley, California on October 5-6, 2018.  The conference was jointly sponsored by The Living New Deal, The National New Deal Preservation Association and The Frances Perkins Center.  The brief biographies of approximately 100 women include some individuals who were known to the public and remembered by historians, while others operated behind the scenes and have been virtually forgotten.  Some were prominent during the period 1933-1945 while not formally linked to government programs.  Most played significant roles in the numerous agencies, projects and programs of the federal government during a dozen years when the relationship between the government and American citizens was profoundly reshaped. The women include politicians, administrators, lawyers, social workers, authors, journalists, painters, sculptors, musicians and scientists.   The book begins a process of identifying hundreds if not thousands of women whose roles during this eventful period were of consequence in contributing to the transformations that took place through the initiatives of the Roosevelt Administration.   Our hope is that readers of this book will contribute the names and descriptions of additional women (including modifications and/or elaborations of the biographies contained herein) to the websites of the three sponsoring organizations where they will be available to students, scholars and interested citizens:

The Living New Deal www.livingnewdeal.org

The National New Deal Preservation Association www.newdeallegacy.org

The Frances Perkins Center  www.FrancesPerkinsCenter.org

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The National New Deal Preservation Assn. (NNDPA) is a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization devoted to preserving the country's New Deal legacy through the identification, documentation, preservation and public education about the New Deal and its profound impact on Americans in the Great Depression - specifically through the visual and performing arts, literature, crafts, structures and environmental projects.

About this edition

• Publisher: National New Deal Preservation Association
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0578437074
• ISBN 13: 9780578437071
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 46