Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ534971
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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Dear Mrs. Roosevelt: Cries for Help from Depression Youth.
Cohen, Robert
Social Education, v60 n5 p271-76 Sep 1996
Personalizes the devastating effect of the Great Depression on young people through excerpts of letters sent to Eleanor Roosevelt. Young people across the country responded to the First Lady's efforts on behalf of the poor and dispossessed. Discusses the many relief and work programs created by the New Deal. (MJP)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Impact, Empathy, Federal Programs, Females, Homeless People, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Modern History, Poverty, Presidents of the United States, Public Agencies, Secondary Education, Social Action, Social Problems, Social Responsibility, Social Studies, United States History, Women Administrators, Youth Problems
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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