Harry Hopkins

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Harry Hopkins was a key American social worker and close advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt who directed major New Deal relief programs during the Great Depression.

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instanceOf American social worker
human
political advisor
advisorTo Franklin D. Roosevelt
burialPlace Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, United States
causeOfDeath stomach cancer
closeAdvisorTo Franklin D. Roosevelt
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1890-08-17
dateOfDeath 1946-01-29
educatedAt Grinnell College
employer New York State government
United States federal government
familyName Hopkins
fieldOfWork economic relief policy
public administration
social welfare
fullName Harry Lloyd Hopkins
givenName Harry
influenced U.S. social welfare policy
implementation of the New Deal
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party (United States)
notableFor being one of Franklin D. Roosevelt's closest advisors
directing major New Deal relief programs during the Great Depression
role in World War II diplomacy
notableWork Civil Works Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Works Progress Administration
administration of New Deal relief programs
occupation government official
political advisor
social worker
participatedIn New Deal
World War II diplomacy
placeOfBirth Sioux City, Iowa, United States
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States
positionHeld Administrator of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Administrator of the Works Progress Administration
Chair of the Munitions Assignments Board
Head of the Civil Works Administration
Special Assistant to the President
United States Secretary of Commerce
residence New York City, New York, United States
Washington, D.C., United States
spouse Barbara Duncan
Ethel Gross
Louise Gill Macy
workedUnder Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert H. Lehman


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