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Works Progress Administration: see Work Projects Administration Work Projects Administration (WPA), former U.S. government agency, established in 1935 by executive order of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the Works Progress Administration; it was renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1939, when it was made part of ..... Click the link for more information. . WPAin full Works Progress Administration later (1939–43) Work Projects AdministrationU.S. work program for the unemployed. Created in 1935 under the New Deal, it aimed to stimulate the economy during the Great Depression and preserve the skills and self-respect of unemployed persons by providing them useful work. During its existence, it employed 8.5 million people in the construction of 650,000 mi (1,046,000 km) of roads, 125,000 public buildings, 75,000 bridges, 8,000 parks, and 800 airports. The WPA also administered the WPA Federal Art Project, the Theater Project, and the Writers' Project, which provided jobs for unemployed artists, actors, and writers. In 1943, with the virtual elimination of unemployment by the wartime economy, the WPA was terminated. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Families came to the area for weekends to enjoy the park, built by the Depression-era Works Projects Administration, and built small vacation homes there. As an outgrowth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Works Projects Administration, public phones were designed to keep millions of Americans in a job because they were designed to break. From 1937 to 1943, Edith was employed by the Works Projects Administration in Baltimore (MD) where she served as Supervisor of Recreation, District Director of Communities, and Director of War Service Activities for Maryland, Delaware and District of Columbia. |
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