It's hard to imagine that the average American family had 40% less money in 1933 compared to 1929. In response to such a steep and sudden decline in income, everyone had to get creative in the kitchen ...

The 1930s are remembered as one of the toughest eras in American History. The nation was in disarray, banks were shuttered, unemployment had skyrocketed, and food was scarce. We call it the Great ...

Hearing about living through the Great Depression feels like something out of a history book. It's amazing when you realize just how creative and resourceful people had to be to survive those hard ...

There's always something to learn from our past, including helpful spending and saving habits. Especially in today’s economy, where many people are struggling with an insecure job market, ...

Person making a dessert batter with eggs, flour, and butter - New Africa/Shutterstock We think of banana bread now as a comfort food, something to indulge in, but it didn't start out that way. It was ...

Medical supplies for the front are piled up at a railway station in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1935. Back in America, Black educator Melva L. Price rallied support for Ethiopian refugees fleeing the ...

The Great Depression of the 1930s is not a time in history that we would want to repeat. Unemployment was high, housing ...

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