An edition of We too are the people (1938)

We Too Are the People

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We Too Are the People
Armstrong, Louise Van Voorhis
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An edition of We too are the people (1938)

We Too Are the People

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Mrs. Armstrong was a college educated social worker. She was appointed the Administrator of Emergency Relief for the Federal Emergency Relief program in Manistee County, Michigan. Her successful tenure lasted from September, 1933 until the Summer of 1936. This book relates some of her experiences and describes some of the social conditions which came to her attention through her work as Administrator.

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Language
English
Pages
474

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We Too Are the People
1938, Little, Brown and Company
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First Sentence

"The sound of tramping feet in a long hall, the noise of scuffling feet in a big room, the babble of human voices pitched in every key, mingle with other sounds in a ceaseless jazz symphony of human life."

Table of Contents

I. The County Page 3
II. The County During The Crisis Page 30
III. Emergency Relief Begins Page 57
IV. Direct Relief and the Old Folks Page 88
V. Men In Boots Page 120
VI. Work Programs and Community Reactions Page 157
VII. The Redskins Page 195
VIII. "Government Food" and Allied Projects Page 226
IX. Our Big Business and Some Special Events Page 267
X. Women and Creeds and Christmas Toys Page 300
XI. Wild Women Page 336
XII. The Trolls Page 381
XIII. Young Citizens and Little Trees Page 426
XIV. Conclusion Page 460

Edition Notes

"First edition."

The county in reference throughout the book is Manistee County, Michigan.

A quote from Eleanor Roosevelt reads:

"I am also reading with a great deal of pleasure a book called "We Too Are The People," by Louise V. Armstrong. This is the story of a county in the state of Michigan, of its people and their struggles through the past few years. It is written with the obvious intention of making the nation realize that people on relief are still people, even as you and I. Some of them have a harder time over a long period due to circumstances which even you and I might not have met any more adequately. On some of them disaster has descended suddenly in a way it might descend on us. Added to the interest of the picture the author paints of the locality and its people, is the interest in the character of the writer, which merges without any apparent intention on her part. That character and personality must prove interesting and helpful to any of us."

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
361.600774
Library of Congress
HV98.M5 A7

The Physical Object

Pagination
5 p. l., [3]-474 p.
Number of pages
474

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6375935M
ISBN 10
0405030932
LCCN
38027456
OCLC/WorldCat
648424
Library Thing
432225
Goodreads
5709795

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