They were too suffering from the depression and most working women’s jobs were taken away and replaced with white men. The efforts and hard work by the First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, had much to do with the reforming of the New Deal. She included women in the acts and made sure they were of equal with the men. The New Deal made it possible for women to be in higher positions within the government such as Frances Perkins who became the first female Secretary of Labor. The bad thing was, men often seen women as being at home, caring for the children and etc. They did not like the fact that women were taking jobs away from men. Although the women were employed, they were still not of equal pay because most jobs, women were paid lower than men, even though the same work was