Formed in 1935, during the middle of The Great Depression, the works Progress ASsociation (WPA for short) employed 8.5 million people in its 8 years of existence. What legacies of this initiative still impact our world today?

The WPA revived America, provided employment, and preserved/reflected the culture of the times.

https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/works-progress-administration

https://www.gjenvick.com/WPA/ProgressReports/1936-10-15/B03-PublicBuildingsProjects.html

In The 1930s, Works Program Spelled HOPE For Millions Of Jobless Americans

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/04/826909516/in-the-1930s-works-program-spelled-hope-for-millions-of-jobless-americans

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.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/surviving-the-dust-bowl-works-progress-administration-wpa/

https://www.curbed.com/2017/1/19/14323824/new-deal-architecture-wpa-pwa-hoover-dam

How Did The WPA Change U.S. Infrastructure? “It Did Just About Everything”

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/01/16/wpa-us-infrastructure

The Arts in the WPA

https://m.theartstory.org/definition/federal-art-project-of-the-works-progress-administration/

FDR’s Legacy of Recovery

https://fdr4freedoms.org/hope-recovery-reform/

https://www.post-gazette.com/local/west/2012/07/06/Great-Depression-program-still-benefiting-Americans-today/stories/201207060217

The “New Deal” in New Hampshire

https://livingnewdeal.org/us/nh/page/4/

New Mexico History: The Depression and WPA Art