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30 Eye-Opening Facts About Average Life During The Great Depression

Trista December 22, 2018 14 min
Migrant Mother - Dorothea Lange

The Single Men’s Unemployed Association parading to Bathurst Street United Church. Toronto, Canada. Library and Archives of Canada/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain.

9. You Probably Blamed Your Problems on Others

Women who had entered the workforce faced discrimination, as they were often seen as taking jobs away from able-bodied men. Mexicans, who had long been working in the United States as farmers, were blamed for taking jobs away from Americans. Not much has changed.

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