DOCUMENT 4 A WPA Photo Shows a “Typical” Family Helped by the ADC Program (CA. 1936–43)

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) published this photograph of a “typical” ADC family with the caption, “Aid to dependent children keeps families together.” As a white woman, this woman was typical of the average ADC client, but she probably had more children than the average recipient. Note that mother and children are depicted reading. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203707418/366bcfdf-97b1-4bff-8619-bba37b20ad3e/content/doc4_page107-01_C.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>