Louise Van Voorhis Armstrong papers 1934-1948

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Louise Van Voorhis Armstrong papers 1934-1948

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County relief administrator and author. Manuscript of her book, We Too Are The People, which relates her experiences in relief work; also correspondence, reviews of her books, comments on the election of 1940, and reports on the work of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration in Manistee County, Michigan.

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United States. Federal Emergency Relief Administration

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In order to counteract the effects of the Depression, the Federal Government founded numerous agencies geared at lowering unemployment and boosting the economy. Among these were the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), created on May 12, 1933; the Civil Works Administration (CWA), established on November 9, 1933; and the Works Progress Administration (WPA-1), established on May 6, 1935. The Civil Works Administration was abolished in March, 1934, with its functions and records transfe...

Armstrong, Louise Van Voorhis, 1889-1948

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County relief administrator and author. From the description of Louise Armstrong papers, 1934-1948. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420159 Louise Van Voorhis Armstrong was born in Chicago on August 16, 1887. She graduated from the University of Michigan with B.A. (1909) and M.A. (1910) degrees. At the University, Van Voorhis was woman's editor of the Michigan Daily . After graduation, she married Harry W. Armstrong in 1911 and the two of them eventually made ...