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Mapping the legacy of New Deal public works projects across America - and working towards a *New* New Deal. Help build an online library of New Deal resources!
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New Deal health programs, like those in the WPA and NYA immunized many Americans against diseases like typhoid, smallpox, and diphtheria.
Many Americans are alive today, because their parents, grandparents, and great grandparents rec'd vaccines.
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FDR promoted economic security, for all ("regardless of station, race, or creed"), in his Second Bill of Rights speech:
www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/add...
Unfortunately, we've strayed on a long, miserable path away from that.