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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.
Florence Owens Thompson (born Florence Leona Christie; September 1, 1903 – September 16, 1983) was an American woman who was the subject of Dorothea Lange's photograph Migrant Mother (1936), considered an iconic image of the Great Depression. The Library of Congress titled the image: "Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children.
Down and Out in the Great Depression: Letters from the “Forgotten Man” The Great Depression: America, 1929-1941. Eve's Seed: Biology, the Sexes, and the Course of History. Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion in America. The Times They Were a-Changin' – 1964: The Year the Sixties Arrived and the Battle Lines of Today Were Drawn ...
The term "The Great Depression" is most frequently attributed to British economist Lionel Robbins, whose 1934 book The Great Depression is credited with formalizing the phrase, [230] though Hoover is widely credited with popularizing the term, [230] [231] informally referring to the downturn as a depression, with such uses as "Economic ...
12 Things We Can Learn From the Great Depression. Saundra Latham. June 1, 2021 at 4:47 AM. ... Hoda Kotb shares 'love letter' to viewers on her final day at 'Today' Entertainment. People.
Trout, Charles H. Boston, the Great Depression, and the New Deal (1977) online; Uys, Errol Lincoln. Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression (Routledge, 2003) ISBN 0-415-94575-5 author's site; Warren, Harris Gaylord. Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression (1959). scholarly history online; Watkins, T. H.
The women examined the pencil-written letters, which have gaping holes from the passage of time and the nibbling of long-ago rodents. With words on both sides, the three pages appear to contain ...
Charles, Searle F. Minister of Relief: Harry Hopkins and the Depression (1963) Hopkins, June. "The road not taken: Harry Hopkins and New Deal Work Relief." Presidential Studies Quarterly 29, 2 (306–316). Howard, Donald S. The WPA and Federal Relief Policy (1943) online; Meriam; Lewis. Relief and Social Security The Brookings Institution. (1946).