Resilience in Hard Times: Firsthand Accounts from the Great Depression

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In October 24, 1929, the Stock Market crashed and left a bloody path of former millionaires, who found themselves ‘stoney broke’. Those who didn’t commit suicide tried to find some kind of work. Even their wives looked for work- what could they do?

The “Depression” was felt in every corner of America, from Buffalo, NY,Missouri,Indiana, the Carolina’s, California, Minnesota,Montana and down South.

Read on to see how individual families coped through the 1930’s.

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