Discover how the Works Progress Administration (WPA) transformed American employment by creating 8.5 million jobs from 1935-1943, leaving a lasting legacy.
Of all of President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) is the most famous, because it affected so many people’s lives. Roosevelt’s work-relief program employed more ...
A former park ranger has been searching for decades for an original copy of a historic WPA poster for Great Smoky Mountains ...
During the last presidential campaign, future President Obama mentioned occasionally that, because of rising unemployment and extensive poverty, it might be time to revive organizations similar to the ...
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