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Young defense woman. This young woman, trained in a National Youth Administration (NYA) work center, is contributing to defense as the result of skill acquired on the government project. Scene from Women in Defense, Office of War Information (OWI)…

The National Youth Administration built the National Parks and some buildings. The buildings typically needed to be built anyway, but the government did not have the manpower or money to hire some to build them. The Works Progress Administration, or…

Crafts are an important part of any culture, as are any other leisure activity. Crafts are learned in school and are a staple at summer camps. The Works Progress Administration gave people jobs teaching others crafts, as it helps the people who need…

Quilting is an important cultural activity. Different patterns mean different things, and quilts were used as signals if a location was safe on the Underground Railroad. Women also used to get together and make quilts, women did this frequently in…

Works Progress Administration: display of arts and crafts projects in Kansas

The Works Progress Administration taught crafts to those involved in the program. The Administration was also dedicated to preserving the history of the United States of…

Women worked in munitions making, typically a man's job, during World War I. 12.6 x 17.7 cm. Gelatin silver print. 1914. World War I will begin soon for the rest of the world, and when will be albe to vot in six years. Women were working in muntions…

A woman working in a factory during WWII. Digitized Photograph. 1942. World War II, women have rights but are still fighting for more, they will likely use their work and efforts in the war to get more rights. Women had very diverse tasks in their…

United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b22890

One of the tasks the Works Progress Administration…

This was a drawing on the front cover of Life magazine. 1912. World War I would start for the rest of the world in three years, and the Women's Rights Movement in American was beginning again after Susan B. Anthony died less than ten years before,…

A map with the dates of states giving women suffrage. Digitization of a map. 1914. World War I begins that year, female suffrage had been started in the west to bring in more settlers. The states that have given suffrage to women are next to each…