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After browsing through the essays, I am wondering if there is a pattern here between the lives of rural verse urban women... I know we have learned about the rural vs. urban experience in class... how accurately is that reflected in these essays? - Cat Debelius | After browsing through the essays, I am wondering if there is a pattern here between the lives of rural verse urban women... I know we have learned about the rural vs. urban experience in class... how accurately is that reflected in these essays? - Cat Debelius | ||
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| + | Good pickup Cat. I noted that the women that had it the most difficult growing up were women living in rural areas, especially those who lived throught the Depression. I liked the one story about the "huckster" who came around and brought the groceries and household goods right to the rural residences. I just learned where a word came from! All that said, my Grandparents were all teenagers during the Depression, and the experience was a drastic one for all of them, both the females and males... perhaps more scarring on many than World War II. At least during WWII, the possiblity of starving or being constantly unemployed seemed to have lessened. - Phil N. | ||
