Editing Greatest Generation (section)

====Adolescence====
{{Main|Belle Époque|Progressive Era|World War I|Great Depression in the United States}}
[[File:Buckler family 1914.jpg|thumb|right|Buckler family, 1914]]
[[File:Group portrait of young girls on Christmas card, Queensland, 1910-1920 (5279596344).jpg|thumb|left|Portrait of Australian girls, circa between 1910 and 1920]]

US members of this generation came of age as early as 1919 and as late as 1945, were children, or were born during the [[Progressive Era]], [[First World War|World War I]], and the [[Roaring Twenties]]; a time of economic prosperity with distinctive cultural transformations. Additionally, many of those alive from 1918 through 1920 experienced the deadly [[Spanish flu]] pandemic; and, incredibly, a few rare individuals, such as Anna Del Priore, managed to survive infection from both the Spanish flu and the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] approximately 100 years later.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wright |first=Erica |date=October 23, 2020 |title=This 108-year-old woman survived two pandemics: The 1918 Spanish flu and Covid-19 |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/23/this-108-year-old-woman-survived-two-pandemics-the-1918-spanish-flu-and-covid-19.html |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> They also experienced much of their youth with rapid [[technological innovation]] (e.g., radio, telephone, [[automobile]]) amidst growing levels of worldwide [[income inequality]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eml.berkeley.edu//~saez/saez-UStopincomes-2012.pdf |title=Striking it Richer |website=eml.berkeley.edu |access-date=2018-04-30 |archive-date=2022-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209110827/https://eml.berkeley.edu/~saez/saez-UStopincomes-2012.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/12/05/u-s-income-inequality-on-rise-for-decades-is-now-highest-since-1928/|title=U.S. income inequality, on rise for decades, is now highest since 1928|date=December 5, 2013|access-date=April 30, 2018|archive-date=February 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216234307/https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/12/05/u-s-income-inequality-on-rise-for-decades-is-now-highest-since-1928/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/01/07/5-facts-about-economic-inequality/|title=5 facts about economic inequality|date=January 7, 2014|access-date=April 30, 2018|archive-date=April 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430182327/http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/01/07/5-facts-about-economic-inequality/|url-status=live}}</ref> and a soaring economy.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Life and death during the Great Depression|first1=José A. Tapia|last1=Granados|first2=Ana V. Diez|last2=Roux|date=October 13, 2009|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|volume=106|issue=41|pages=17290–17295|doi=10.1073/pnas.0904491106|pmid=19805076|pmc=2765209|bibcode=2009PNAS..10617290T|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shmoop.com/1920s/economy.html|title=Economy in The 1920s|website=www.shmoop.com|access-date=2018-04-30|archive-date=2018-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430182835/https://www.shmoop.com/1920s/economy.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>George H. Soule, Prosperity Decade: From War to Depression: 1917–1929 (1947)</ref> After the [[Stock Market Crash of 1929|Stock Market crashed]], when many had matured in the 1930s, this generation experienced profound economic and social turmoil.

Despite the hardships, historians note that the literature, arts, music, and cinema of the period flourished. This generation experienced what is commonly referred to as the "[[Golden Age of Hollywood]]". A number of popular film genres, including [[gangster films]], [[musical films]], [[comedy films]], and [[monster films]] attracted mass audiences. The Great Depression also greatly influenced literature and witnessed the advent of comic books, which were popular with members of this generation with such characters as [[Doc Savage]], [[the Shadow]], [[Superman]] and [[Batman]]. Next to [[jazz]], [[blues]], [[gospel music]], and [[folk music]]; [[swing jazz]] became immensely popular with members of this generation. The term "Swing Generation" has also been used to describe the cohort due to the popularity of the era's music.<ref>{{cite web |title=Timeline: American Generations since 20th Century |url=https://projects.scpr.org/timelines/american-generations-timeline/ |website=projects.scpr.org |publisher=Southern California Public Radio |access-date=January 6, 2021 |archive-date=February 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202002947/https://projects.scpr.org/timelines/american-generations-timeline/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The popularity of the radio also became a major influence in the lives of this generation, as millions tuned in to listen to President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s "[[fireside chats]]" and absorbed the news in a way like never before.<ref>{{cite web |title=Culture in the Thirties |url=https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-ushistory/chapter/culture-in-the-thirties/ |website=courses.lumenlearning.com |publisher=Lumen Learning |access-date=January 6, 2021 |archive-date=November 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129123416/https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-ushistory/chapter/culture-in-the-thirties/ |url-status=live }}</ref>