tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244527084073420142.post787244901655872488..comments2024-03-14T12:30:47.593-04:00Comments on Under the Gables: More Work for Mother 8 -- 1890-1920: The Impoverished Other HalfLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10317796864224423184noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244527084073420142.post-41726217247926334302008-03-14T10:18:00.000-04:002008-03-14T10:18:00.000-04:00Hi Linda,What you describe is still within the liv...Hi Linda,<BR/>What you describe is still within the living memory of most members of the Baby Boomer generation whose grandparents immigrated to the United States at or around the turn of the century, and who married and raised the World War II generation in the conditions of the urban tenement. I hope that this part of American history, and the struggle of many families to make their way up the economic ladder to improve their lot in life, is somehow preserved and passed down the Generation X and the so-called millennials, who probably cannot imagine the workload assumed by their great-grandmothers and even their grandmothers.<BR/>ChristinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com