Concept information
Preferred term
Rural Electrification Administration
Definition
- The Rural Electrification Administration (REA) was created during the Depression era to provide electricity to rural areas. President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the REA through Executive Order 7037 on May 11, 1935. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Rural Electrification Administration]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Rural_Electrification_Administration
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