How did the Great Depression affect men, women and children?

 

The 1930s created the term “hoboes” to describe poor drifters
 300,000 transients – or hoboes – hitched rides around the country on trains and slept under bridges (thousands were teenagers)
Injuries and death was common on railroad property; over 50,000 people were hurt or killed

Men in the Streets
Many men had difficulty coping with unemployment
Broke up families
During early years of Depression there was no federal system of direct relief
Direct Relief – Cash payments or food provided by the government directly to the poor