Women of the Depression Era Trista Winchell ENG/220 08-16-2015 Ashlei Woelk

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have grown up in a different time or era? Or how the circumstances we grow up around shape us, are personality and are qualities and morals. Think about it, how different lives would be? According to the (Forum on child and family statistics) our demographic background, family and social environment as well as our economic circumstances, physical environment and education, all play a role in shaping who we become, so it’s safe to say growing up in a different time or era, would shape our lives and personalities. This is something I see when I look at my grandparents, my grandmothers Mary and Margret. Both of these wonderful women have a lot in common in how they think, believe and see the world. All though they both grew up with a different demographic background, the same social and economic circumstances they endured, play a major part in who they became as women. Both of my grandmothers were born in the 1930’s in the middle of the great depression and times were hard, this was also a time when there were a lot of pre-conceived opinions about women and their place in society. This is no doubt why my grandmothers are such strong women. because of the time and circumstances they both grew up in, my grandmothers have a lot in common and they share a lot of the same characteristic traits, but they are their own persons with their own unique personalities and their own personal life journeys, which gave them unique differences. Starting from birth, my two grandmother’s differences in environment, family and social status was apparent. My maternal grandmother, Mary Wright, was born to her educated parents in Burbank California, her father was a college professor with a genius level I.Q, and her mother was a surgical nurse, even