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Poster by Albert M. Bender, produced by the Illinois WPA Art Project Chicago in 1935 for the CCC CCC boys leaving camp in Lassen National Forest for home. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. [1]
Daughters of the Great Depression: Women, Work, and Fiction in the American 1930s (1997) Hicks, John D. Republican ascendancy, 1921–1933 (1960). online; Himmelberg, Robert F. ed The Great Depression and the New Deal (2001), short overview; Howard, Donald S. The WPA and Federal Relief Policy (1943) online; Jensen, Richard J.
The New Deal was a constellation of economic stimulus policies and social programs enacted to lift America out of the Great Depression, and it touched every state, county, and city, as well as thousands of small towns and reached deep into rural areas with its conservation works.
The Crisis Text Line hires volunteers to talk or simply listen to people who are feeling seriously overwhelmed by personal circumstances and struggles—ranging from emotional abuse and eating ...
The earliest agencies were created to combat the Great Depression in the United States and were established during Roosevelt's first 100 days in office in 1933. In total, at least 69 offices were created during Roosevelt's terms of office as part of the New Deal.
The lessons of the generation that weathered the Great Depression include self-sufficiency, frugality, and improvisation. See how to tap those notions today. 12 Things We Can Learn From the Great ...
Mullins (1999) examines the hesitant relief efforts of Oklahoma City residents during the early years of the Depression, 1930–35, under Governor William H. Murray, emphasizing the community's reluctance to comply with FERA rules. Fearing that aid recipients would become dependent on their assistance, Oklahoma City administrators sparingly ...
Volunteering is an elective and free-choice act of an individual or group freely giving time and labor, often for community service. [1] [2] Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue. Others serve on an as-needed basis, such as in response to a natural disaster.