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This piece was so incredible because I got a true sense of the despair of life during the Depression. The images were so vivid: living in condemned apartments, Mrs. Grey, sitting every day at the employment bureau. It emphasized how these women struggled to support their families in such a hopeless time. -Kendall Haring | This piece was so incredible because I got a true sense of the despair of life during the Depression. The images were so vivid: living in condemned apartments, Mrs. Grey, sitting every day at the employment bureau. It emphasized how these women struggled to support their families in such a hopeless time. -Kendall Haring | ||
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| + | Meridel LeSueur highlights that it was very hard for unemployed women in the Depression, and in her discussion she remarks that pretty girls get better jobs. I thought this was interesting, because in another one of my classes, we were talking about how this still happens today… and I think that is disgusting. – Cat Debelius | ||
== Ann Marie Low's "The Dust Bowl" == | == Ann Marie Low's "The Dust Bowl" == | ||
