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The Straus Historical Society, Nathan Straus: Milk Depot, The Straus Historical Society, 1893

After the Civil War, there was some recognition that the quality of the milk sold to the city's poor was substandard. Small, but unsuccessful, efforts…

Tags: Anti-Poverty, Health, Milk, Milk Depot, Nathan Straus, Public Health, Straus Family

Carl Mydans, Farm Security Administration - the New Deal, Library of Congress, 1935

Farm Security Administration (FSA) was an effort during the Great Depression to combat American rural poverty. The FSA stressed "rural rehabilitation"…

Tags: Anti-Poverty, Farm Security Administration, FDR, FSA, Great Depression, Rural Poverty