The Great Depression of the 1930s During the 1930s, the Canadian nation suffered through the Great Depression. The Depression resulted from the culmination of several components, primarily the collapse of the American stock market. As a result of Canada’s close alliance to the American econo...

“All we have to fear is fear itself” In his inaugural speech as President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt remarked, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Indeed these words very accurately describe the problems faced by the people of America from that time till December 1941. How...

The period from 1901 to 1945 saw Australian women endure many hardships. Due to events that occurred during the period such as the economic boom, the depression, world war one and world war two their were many advancements making the lives of women easier, some classes much more then others. These...