Interesting facts about WPA. [193-?]

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Interesting facts about WPA. [193-?]

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6 leaves ; 34 cm.

Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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United States. Works Progress Administration

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Organizational History President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935 as a part of his New Deal to curtail the Depression's effects on the United States. The WPA attempted to provide the unemployed with jobs that allowed individuals to preserve skills or talents. The Federal Writers' Project (FWP), one branch of the WPA, provided work for over 6,600 unemployed writers, journalists, edit...