The Great Depression: Facts, Causes & Dates | HISTORY
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The Great Depression: Facts, Causes & Dates | HISTORY
Apr 28, 2017
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In 1935, as hunger and unemployment gripped the United States during the Great Depression, hope was scarce in the remote hills of Appalachia. Breadlines grew longer, factories stood silent, and many communities were cut off from schools and libraries. In this hardship, a quiet force emerged—not with food or weapons, but with books. They became known as the Book Women, part of the Pack Horse Library Project. Most were daughters of coal miners, young mothers, or widows who knew poverty firsthand.
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