Works Progress Administration
Government agency
The Works Progress Administration was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. It was set up on May 6, 1935, by presidential... Wikipedia
Founded: May 6, 1935
Founders: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Hopkins
President: President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Employees: 8.5 million 1935–1943; 3.3 million in November 1938 (peak)
Headquarters: New York City, NY, U.S
Key document: Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935