W.P.A. Sewing Exhibit

This is a photograph of a Works Progress Administration Sewing Class exhibition in Toledo, Ohio. Pictured are handkerchiefs, quilts and different pieces of clothing. Women made up around fifteen to twenty percent of WPA-participants and almost every single one of them was involved in a sewing project of some sort. Most women at that time were still sewing by hand, so they received training in using sewing machines. Once they became skilled enough with the machines, they made clothing, bedding and supplies for hospitals and orphanages