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Gr 1–3—In 1936, during the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's WPA created jobs for men, but "First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Elizabeth Fullerton believed everyone needed to have access to books, so they started the Packhorse Library Project." The Packhorse librarians were women who traveled far and wide in rural Kentucky by mule and horse, spreading literacy through the gifts of books and reading. For about nine years, up to 30 women at a time went into their communities delivering a million and a half books in a time where only about 30 percent ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More