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Government agencies. Politics and government. Public service. Abrams, Douglas Carl. User Tags:. Great Depression. The Works Progress Administration WPA; renamed in as the Work Projects Administration was an American New Deal agency, employing millions of job-seekers mostly unskilled men to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. It was established on May 6, , by presidential order, as a key part of the Second New Deal.
Headed by Harry Hopkins, the WPA provided paid jobs to the unemployed during the Great Depression in the United States, while building up the nation's public infrastructure, such as parks, schools and roads. Most of the jobs were in construction, building more than 1,, kilometres , mi of streets and over 10, bridges, in addition to many airports and much housing.
At its peak in , it provided paid jobs for three million unemployed men and women, as well as youth in a separate division, the National Youth Administration. Between and , the WPA employed 8. Hourly wages were typically set to the prevailing wages in each area. Full employment, which was reached in and emerged as a long-term national goal around , was not the goal of the WPA; rather, it tried to provide one paid job for all families in which the breadwinner suffered long-term unemployment.
In one of its most famous projects, Federal Project Number One, the WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in arts, drama, media, and literacy projects. In the Historical Records Survey, for instance, many former slaves in the South were interviewed; these documents are of great importance for American history. Theater and music groups toured throughout the United States, and gave more than , performances. Archaeological investigations under the WPA were influential in the rediscovery of pre-Columbian Native American cultures, and the development of professional archaeology in the US.
Usually the local sponsor provided land and often trucks and supplies, with the WPA responsible for wages and for the salaries of supervisors, who were not on relief. Robert D. Leighninger asserted: "millions of people needed subsistence incomes. Work relief was preferred over public assistance the dole because it maintained self-respect, reinforced the work ethic, and kept skills sharp.
The numerical value of works progress administration in Chaldean Numerology is: 6. The numerical value of works progress administration in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe. If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Forgot your password? These programs employed artists, musicians, actors and writers. Roosevelt intended Federal One as it was known to put artists back to work while entertaining and inspiring the larger population by creating a hopeful view of life amidst the economic turmoil.
Sculptors created monuments, and actors and musicians were paid to perform. She later praised the project in columns and speeches and defended it against critics who saw the arts as a waste of money. Federal One comprised a small part of WPA expenditures. At its height, Federal One employed 5, visual artists and related professionals. Some of them later became world-renowned. He worked as a mural assistant and later an easel painter between and In addition to Pollock, the WPA employed a number of other abstract and experimental artists that would go on to form the New York School, an avant-garde art movement of the s and s.
The architecture of many U. That included women, African Americans and other groups. While inequities existed under the programs, many women, blacks and other minorities found employment with the WPA. In , the WPA employed approximately , African Americans, about 15 percent of its total workforce.
The Federal Music and Theatre projects also supported black musicians and actors. The program collected interviews, articles and notes on African American life in the South, including oral histories from former slaves. The WPA put women to work in clerical jobs, gardening, canning and as librarians and seamstresses. Women engaged in sewing projects made up about seven percent of the national WPA workforce. Some politicians criticized the WPA for its inefficiencies.
WPA construction projects sometimes ran three to four times the cost of private work. Some of this was intentional. The WPA avoided cost-saving technologies and machinery in order to hire more workers. WPA arts programs drew frequent criticism from Congress and the lay public. Despite these attacks, the WPA is celebrated today for the employment it offered to millions during the darkest days of the Great Depression, and for its lasting legacy of smartly designed, well-built schools, dams, roads, bridges and other buildings and structures — many of which are still in use today.
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