Work Projects Administration
Americannoun
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The New Deal had by then established Social Security and federal bank deposit insurance, but what became known as the Work Projects Administration was arguably its most ambitious program.
From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2021
After completing high school at 16, he was working as a machinist’s helper in the millinery trade when he began taking drama classes sponsored by the federal Work Projects Administration.
From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2020
A new agency is needed, a revitalized Jobs Corps along the lines of a Work Projects Administration, targeted exclusively at the inner-city unemployed.
From Time Magazine Archive
To deal with unemployment, he would create publicly financed jobs in highways, construction, mass transit, hospitals and schools, even revive the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Work Projects Administration.
From Time Magazine Archive
Death came quietly to the noisiest, most fought-over agency conceived by the New Deal: Work Projects Administration.
From Time Magazine Archive
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