Life And Death During The Great DepressionDiane Swanbrow
On September 1st, we ran a story about the health benefits of a good recession. And we received several incredulous responses. Some listeners firmly believe that people eat and drink and smoke more when their finances are bleak. Now along comes another study of life and death during the grand...
As the Great Depression gripped the country in 1933, six deaths in one year caused a wave of indignation. Newspaper headlines such as “Legalized Murder,”“Widow Weeps as Mate Dies,”“Is It Worth It?” and “What a Price to Pay” reflected the controversy. Still, racing continued, and ...
Arvel "Sunshine" Pearson began work as a waterboy in an Arkansas strip mine at the age of nine.Great Depression Hoboes By 1929, he had already been working underground for 18 months, when the mine closed. He was 16 when he first rode the rails in 1930 and would continue to hop freigh...
We conclude by urging scholars of mortality during this time period to focus on race whenever the data permit it. Keywords: Life expectancy, Lee-Carter model, Great Depression, mortality cycles Introduction During the Great Depression (1930–1933), both infant and non-infant death rates declined ...
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When I was a practicing medical librarian, I read an extraordinary work of medical humanities journalism bySheri Fink, MD:Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital. Dr. Fink won a Pulitzer Prize for her initial coverage of the disaster that played out in a New Orle...
Her death was a heavy blow, and Young was 81 at the time. The loss led him into a period of reflection and deep sorrow. He questioned whether life held anything more for him. But rather than giving in to grief, he found strength through faith and purpose. “Always have something to ...
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death of a loved one, etc. If this is the case, you must allow yourself to experience the emotions, and seek help if necessary. We’re also not talking here about serious mental or emotional illnesses, for which one needs to be under medical supervision, but rather the typical thoughts ...