Editing Federal Writers' Project (section)

==History==
Funded under the [[Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935]], FWP was established July 27, 1935, by President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]. [[Henry Alsberg]], a lawyer, journalist, playwright, theatrical producer, and human-rights activist, directed the program from 1935 to 1939. In 1939, Alsberg was fired, federal funding was cut, and the project fell under state sponsorship led by John D. Newsom. FWP ended completely in 1943 after the US entered World War II and funds were diverted to the war effort.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Henry Alsberg: The Driving Force of the New Deal's Federal Writer's Project.|last=Rubenstein DeMasi|first=Susan|publisher=McFarland and Co.|year=2016|isbn=978-1476626017|location=Jefferson, NC|pages=200–202}}</ref>

An estimated 10,000 people found employment in the FWP.<ref name=":0" />  The project was intended not only to provide work relief for unemployed writers, but also to create a unique "self-portrait of America" through publication of histories and guidebooks. From 1935 to 1943, the project cost about $27,000,000 – 0.002% of all WPA appropriations.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/dreamdealfederal00mang/page/469|title=The dream and the deal : the Federal Writers' Project, 1935–1943|last=Mangione|first=Jerre|date=1972|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=0316545007|edition=[1st ed.]|location=Boston [Mass.]|pages=[https://archive.org/details/dreamdealfederal00mang/page/469 469]|oclc=348289}}</ref>