2/21/12
Period 8
Impact of the great depression
My Life as a Mother During the Great Depression
Times are getting harder, men are losing their jobs
and it’s becoming harder and harder for my husband
to make enough money. Food is becoming more
expensive, and people have resorted to thievery as a
way to survive. I have begun searching for work
despite my husband’s protests, I refuse to have my
children suffer if I can do anything about it. Work
has been easier for women to find so my fingers are
crossed.
I have found work as a house keeper, hopefully the money I
earn will keep us off the streets. I have seen people who were
evicted from their homes and are living in shacks in places
called “Hoover Towns”, that scares me, to think what the future
might hold for us. I hope this depression will end soon, my
children are not used to me not being at home. Though I like the
thought of me being able to find a job I’d rather stay at home
with them, they are so young to be alone.
Lost In the dark and in the cold
They told me the world was mine to
hold
What started as fortune ended in debt
How much worse can things get
Homes are lost and families starve
Similar to the start of the history we
had begun to carve
To prove the worth of our new nation
For which we had sung in exaltation
Now it seems will turn to ash
All because of the market crash.