Among the new infrastructure created by the FSA in Gee’s Bend was the new school building where these girls working as part of the National Youth Association—a New Deal agency that provided work and education opportunities for 16- to 25-year-olds—sat at sewing machines or at work on needlework projects.

[Full title: "NYA (National Youth Administration) girls making bedspreads under supervision of Juanita Coleman, NYA leader, in school home economics room"]