The CWA ended in July of 1934 (although most employment ended by March 31, 1934) [8], but its success was so remarkable and its closure so clearly felt that it was recreated in the form of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935; and the WPA was led by some of the same administrative workers from FERA and CWA.

Why did the CWA end?

New Deal legislation

Roosevelt also created the Civil Works Administration, which by January 1934 was employing more than 4,000,000 men and women. Alarmed by rising costs, Roosevelt dismantled the CWA in 1934, but the persistence of high unemployment led him to make another about-face.

What does the CWA do today?

The CWA is the largest women's organisation in Australia

baby health care centres. fund bush nurses. build and staff maternity wards and hospitals. build schools, rest homes, seaside and mountain holiday cottages - and much more.