| Mayor's Relief Project, 1931, Detroit's Mayor
Murphy created public works projects to help provide jobs and generate economic
activity. Projects such as cutting wood to sell or to trade for food, such
as this relief project under Mayor Murphy, building roads, clearing land
for development, and other works helped to put money in the pockets of some
Americans and offer a bit of hope. The mayor's wood-splitting project helped
mainly males, as many of the public programs were geared to young men and
male breadwinners, the "traditional" wage-earners. Source: Detroit Free
Press. |
