Ellen S. Woodward
/Overview
Ellen Sullivan Woodward born Oxford, MS July 11, 1887 (d. 1971). Social security expert for Roosevelt's New Deal; US delegate to founding of UNRRA 1943-6 and UNESCO 1947; led effort to introduce welfare in postwar international relief.
Quotations
"[US contribution to the] sum of human knowledge. . . has been the development of social welfare programs." (to Dean Acheson, Nov. 23, 1943, in Martha Swain, Ellen S. Woodward, 2005)
"Women are prepared to assist in reconstructing a broken world and in helping to build a better civilization. . . because we have tremendous faith and confidence in American women...for we know that the policies and plans adopted in the post-war planning conferences will affect human life for centuries to come." ("My Experience at UNESCO." Judy Litoff & David Smith, What Kind of World Do We Want?, p. 115, 2000; photo ssa.gov)