Life During the New Deal
By: Jasmyn Harvey & Drelan Harris
Roles that Women Played ...
- Frances Perkins was the first woman to head an executive department
- Many women became leaders in government agencies during the New Deal
Roles of African Americans ...
-Black Cabinet- group of African Americans Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed to key government positions; they served as unofficial advisers of the President
-Roosevelt felt angering Southern Democrats would jeopardize the entire New Deal
William Hastie
The Black Cabinet
Artists of This Time
-James Agee and Walker Evans both depicted lives of sharecroppers in the lower South
Dorothea Lange
Walker Evans
Popularity of Movies
-At an average of 25 cents a ticket, movies are one of the most affordable forms of entertainment
-The Grapes of Wrath is a movie on the Great Depression
-Make Way For Tomorrow is a movie about the financial hardships of an older couple
-I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is another movie told the tale of a man without a job and walked into a life of crime
Importance of the Radio in American Life
-Father Coughlin ranted against the New Deal
-The radio provided listeners with religion, music, sports, and other entertainment
-The actor Orson Welles produced a radio broadcast of the H. G. Wells science fiction tale
Music in the 1930s
- jazz is also named "swing"
- Duke Ellington and Count Basie were two famous big-band leaders
The "Swing"
Sports in the 1930s
-Baseball remained a popular attraction
- Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Babe Zaharias, and Max Schmeling were all famous athletes in the 1930s
- Babe Ruth and Gehrig were known for being Baseball players, Zaharias was known for running track and field, and Schmeling was known for boxing