The Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site and the FDR Presidential Library will host A New Deal for Youth, one of five great field experiences participants can
select on the middle day of this year's annual institute.

The all-day program program focuses on ER's role in creating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and improving the lives of youth during the Depression.

It includes an introduction to two New Deal programs close to Mrs. Roosevelt's heart, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the National Youth Administration (NYA).

The NYA had a little-known Hudson Valley site, the Woodstock Resident Work Center (pictured here) now the Woodstock School of Art. There, girls acquired experience “in the general field of wool, spinning and twisting and weaving” while boys worked in “wood, stone, wool, and metal crafts.”

Youth earned enough money to cover room and board with at least $8 remaining each month for personal expenses. The centers had large dormitories, located in the heart of Woodstock, which also provided facilities for sports, recreation, and cultural activities.

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