New Deal Sports and Recreation for Girls and Women

Above: Young women in the National Youth Administration improving their tennis skills in Illinois, ca. 1936-1937. Photo courtesy of the FDR Presidential Library and Museum and the New Deal Network.

Above: The description for this photograph reads, "Casting activities at Anglers' Lodge in Golden Gate Park are not confined exclusively to the men. Miss Pat Krause, San Francisco High School girl, is considered one of the leading casters at the WPA-built pools. Photo courtesy of the National Archives.

Above: National Youth Administration youth leaders, at a NYA-run summer camp in Chepachet, Rhode Island, ca. 1935-1943. Photo courtesy of the National Archives.

Above: "Field event at NYA Summer Camp for under-privileged children, Chepachet, Rhode Island," ca. 1935-1943. Photo courtesy of the National Archives.

Above: Two young women enjoying A WPA-built swimming pool at the Davis Avenue Community Center in Mobile, Alabama, 1937. Photo courtesy of the National Archives.

Above: "Girls' Paddle Polo game at the Colorado Lagoon in Long Beach [California]," ca. 1935-1943. Photo courtesy of the National Archives.

Above: Practicing archery on a WPA recreation project in California, ca. 1935-1943. Photo courtesy of the National Archives.

Above: "The new Alabama State Training School for girls [Mobile] was built by the WPA from the ground up. Shot shows girls enjoying swimming in pool built for them by the WPA," 1938. Photo courtesy of the National Archives.

Above: This woman is getting ready to hit the slopes in northern California, after a WPA-worker prepares her skis with some wax, 1939. Photo courtesy of the National Archives.

Above: A WPA music class in San Francisco, ca. 1935-1943. Photo courtesy of the National Archives.

Above: WPA artist Georgette Seabrooke (1916-2011) painting her mural "Recreation in Harlem," for the Harlem Hospital in New York City, 1936. Photo courtesy of the National Archives and the New Deal Network.

Above: Women playing volleyball in a WPA adult recreation program in San Francisco, ca. 1935-1943. Photo courtesy of the National Archives.

Above: Several women (and perhaps one man) at the Arizona State Teachers College (Tempe) are practicing their golf skills, ca. 1933-1943. The Public Works Administration built the building you see here and/or a golf course for the students. Photo courtesy of the National Archives.