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At the time the nation was still feeling the effects of the Great Depression. There was high unemployment. Many conservatives thought that women should never work outside the home unless it was volunteer charity or church work. Many liberals thought that while there was unemployment, women should not take jobs away from men who had responsibility to their family. ER had seen so many women who were the sole source of support for their children and often an ill husband, that women working was an important concept for her. However, in 1937 this was a very radical position to take. As with many controversial issues, the president remained silent and let his wife take the heat. For people who were outraged the bad news was that the first lady had taken this radical position; the good news was that the President did not concur. Of course he didn’t oppose either.


Lobbyists from industries that believe that research in an area might produce findings and results that are inimical to their business or ideology, often lobby to prohibit the research outright or reduce or eliminate the funding for that research.