ch.22 sct. 2 C.T.#3

Men, women and children each had a different family role, different changes to make, and different help available to them during the Great Depression.
Men had to deal with unemployment, changes in ways of survival, and the loss of dignity that came with that. They were used to working and supporting their families and it was difficult to take not being able to do that. Their role in the family had been to be the provider and head of the household, but now that they couldn't provide, many of them no longer felt the dignity and familiarity of their place. (p.681). For the people living in the streets there were soup kitchens and bread lines (p.679). There was also some direct relief for the poor in some places, but it was so meager it could not possibly feed a family properly (p.681).
Women did a lot for the family and household during the Depression. Many women canned food, sewed clothes, and carefully managed household budgets. Many women also tried to work outside the home to help support their family. However, there were less jobs open to women and they were often resented for competing with men, who were considered "more worthy" of jobs. (p.691). While women probably could have gone to the bread lines and other help services, many of them were too timid or ashamed (p.682).
Children suffered from malnutrition and starvation. They became sick with many malnutrition-caused diseases, their families couldn't pay for health care, and welfare programs were slahed due to cut budgets. Schools closed because of lack of funding, and children who did not work in sweat shops becasme bored and sick of poverty. Many teenagers, mostly boys, tried touring the country in freight cars, but it could be dangerous and sometimes led to injury or even death.