During the Great Depression, home cooks were challenged with using limited resources to feed their families. Although they ...

Life expectancy during the peak years of the Great Depression increased 6.2 years -- from 57.1 years in 1929 to 63.3 years in 1933 -- according to University of Michigan researchers Jose A. Tapia ...

The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis in US history when unemployment reached 25%. When the pandemic hit in 2020, Americans hadn't felt that level of economic tragedy in a century.

The Great Depression is remembered as the worst recession in modern U.S. history. By the end of 1932, the Great Depression had impacted roughly 60 million people. Some, including middle-class ...

The identity of the “Woman of the High Plains” was revealed in 1979—but five years later, Nettie Featherston was forgotten ...

PORTSMOUTH — One Black family’s tale of life in the old Puddle Dock neighborhood is being revived at Penhallow House, a historic Strawbery Banke Museum 18th century home. The story of ...

A Works Progress Administration study conducted during the latter years of the Great Depression found that Lancaster County’s Old Order Amish comprised the most economically and culturally ...

On the other side of my family tree is Grandma Margaret, who also grew up during the 1930s, but lived as a farm kid instead of in a city. She grew up with wholesome and plentiful nutrition.

Living With Debt During the Great Depression, many middle-class families were shouldering consumer debt.They couldn’t keep up with the repayments once the economy tanked and their jobs were lost.