Making do: How women survived the '30s

Most views of the Great Depression limit themselves strictly to the trials and travails of the men who suddenly found themselves without a job and facing an uncertain future. Nothing was ever said about the role of women who were thrust immediately into a multi-tasking role of matriarch, breadwinner, mother, magician, consoler, and helpmate. "Making Do" tells that story in the best of oral tradition, bringing to light what was sketched over lightly, and worse, ignored by writers of the time. It is the written counterpart to the FSA pictures that creted an ocean of contoversy by showing people what they wanted to ignore.