Woodward did not run for reelection . She became director of civic development for the Mississippi State Board of Development , serving as executive director for the board from 1929 to 1933 . She was also a delegate to the 1928 Democratic National Convention . She was director of the Women ’s Division of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration ( FERA ) from 1933 to 1935 ; director of the Women ’s and Professional Projects of the Works Progress Administration ( WPA ) from 1935 to 1938 ; and a member of the three-member Social Security Board from 1938 to 1946 . She served in advisory roles to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration ( UNRRA ) and the United Nations Economic and Social Council
1928 Democratic National Convention
1928 Democratic National Convention
Ellen Sullivan Woodward