 The Federal Writers' Project

Carita Doggett Corse served as Florida's director of the Writers' Project from 1935 to 1942 (after 1939 it was funded by the state of Florida).She was one of the few state directors retained for the project's duration.The Federal Writers' Project was part of the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA), and provided jobs for unemployed white-collar workers, including new and experienced writers.