"We Patch Anything": The WPA's Sewing Rooms-- Part 2

Some women were placed in clerical jobs by this program.  Others became librarians, worked in canning, gardening and sewing.

Nationally, some 7 percent of WPA workers were women engaged in sewing projects.

The Fort Worth sewing room opened in 1935 and later had separate sewing rooms for black and white women.  It provided job training for illiterate women also included basic education.

The federal government paid the women's salaries while the city and county paid a portion of the expenses.

--GreGen