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WWII Era NYA National Youth Administration 1935 to 1943 FDR WPA WMC
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Very rare NYA National Youth Administration "POCKET KIT" tin in great shape. The NYA was only in operation from 1935 to 1943, see the brief history from Wikipedia below.The
National Youth Administration
(
NYA
) was a
New Deal
agency sponsored by the
Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt
in the U.S. that focused on providing work and education for Americans between the ages of 16 and 25.
It operated from June 26, 1935 to 1939 as part of the
Works Progress Administration
(WPA)
and included a Division of Negro Affairs headed by
Mary McLeod Bethune
who worked at the agency from 1936 to 1943. Following the passage of the
Reorganization Act of 1939
, the NYA was transferred from the WPA to the
Federal Security Agency
.
In 1942, the NYA was transferred to the
War Manpower Commission
(WMC).
The NYA was discontinued in 1943.
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