PART 1: Work Relief in the 1930s and the Origins of the Social Security Act BY Nancy E. Rose
In the article, Nancy E. Rose shows how the two most important social security programs that are the Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and the Civil Worker Administration (CWA) evolved over a given period. She examines the introduction of the Work Progress Administration (WPA). All the events happened in the year 1935 when the United States was facing numerous relief problems that led to the formation of the Social Security Act.
Nancy E. Rose is trying to explore the various reasons why work programs were excluded from the Social Security Act. She argues that the FERA provided direct relief and work relief to people, but it was found out that the program was so problematic and the WPA progra