WPA was a major artistic program.
- Employed muralists like Diego Rivera
- WPA built Davies Tennis Stadium in Oakland in an old mine cutting
- A lot of WPA relief went to African-Americans
- Original congressional appropriation was $4,880,000,000
http://www.wpamurals.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/wpa/wpa_info.html

The New Deal employed women, especially widows or those who were single. Also, many (predominantly female) social workers were employed in the New Deal. In Divided Citizens: Gender and Federalism in New Deal Public Policy, Suzanne Mettler "shows how the new welfare state institutionalized gender politically, most clearly by incorporating men, particularly white men, into nationally administered policies and consigning women to more variable state-run programs."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal
http://www.bookrags.com/research/women-of-the-new-deal-gdnd-01/
http://www.paperbackswap.com/Divided-Citizens-Gender-Suzanne-Mettler/book/0801433290/

According to hueylong.com, "Long was revered by the masses as a champion of the common man and demonized by the powerful as a dangerous demagogue." This shows a surprisingly uncritical perspective of a man who, although he was brilliant and obviously did many great things to help Louisiana, was also a deeply corrupt and shady character. For example, according to wikipedia, Long said that "I used to try to get things done by saying 'please.' Now...I dynamite 'em out of my path." In 1935, Raymond Gram Swing wrote in The Nation that Long "will assail President Roosevelt with a passion which may at first offend listeners, but in the end he might stir up opposition of a bitterness the President has not tasted in his life. Obviously, he cannot succeed while the country still has hopes of the success of the New Deal and trusts the President. Huey's chances depend on those sands of hope and trust running out. He is no menace if the President produces reform and recovery."

Sources:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAlongH.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Long
http://www.hueylong.com/index.php