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From June 2001 NASW NEWS Elizabeth Wickenden, 91, one of the last surviving social workers influential in setting public policy in the New Deal era, died in Haverford, Pa. Wickenden moved from Texas to Washington, D.C., in the early 1930s, working for Franklin D. Roosevelt adviser Harry Hopkins at the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Works Progress Administration. She was an expert on Social Security and public welfare, helping win congressional acceptance for extending benefits to some groups not included in the original Social Security Act. She was appointed to a Task Force on Health and Social Security Legislation by President Kennedy and advised President Johnson on Medicare and the War on Poverty, according to reports. "She was smart, active, insightful and close to all the leading people from the New Deal through President Johnson," said Robert Morris, a retired social work educator. Back to NASW NEWS Contents
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