Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The 1910s
Big Savage Mountain
Mary Kent — Frostburg, Maryland
Chasing Fire Engines
Mary Ann Natley — New York City
Crank Up the Model T!
Florence Smith — Dayton, Ohio
The Pink Parasol
Emma Thomas — Eau Claire, Wisconsin
The Appetizing Store
Mary Bragman — Brooklyn, New York
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Beulah Teraveinen — Gustine, California
Chapter 2: The 1920s
Tomboy
Julia Murray — Napoleon, Ohio
Here Come the Talkies
Lois Patterson — Santa Rosa, California
Tagging Along
Charlotte Oram — East Chicago, Indiana
Fog City
Natalie Christensen — San Francisco, California
The Hamburger Stand
Patricia Dunn — Coles County, Illinois
Avenue of the Giants
Marna Stansberry — Humboldt County, California
Outside Town
Adrien Avis — Grants Pass, Oregon
Chapter 3: The 1930s
Rich Little Poor Girl
Dorothy Lockett Hansen — Norman, Oklahoma
The Medicine Cabinet
Joyce Cass — San Francisco, California
Big Sky Country
Helen Gilstrap — Columbus, Montana
FDR Makes an Impression
Dorothy Anderson — Sunbury, Pennsylvania
Where She’ll Always Stay
Joan Childress — Sarasota, Florida
Pond Monkeys
Jo Ann Miller — Delleker, California
Chapter 4: The 1940s
Wartime on the West Coast
Sharon Porter Moxley — Eureka, California
Pucker Up!
Barbara Friedman Ramrus — Mount Vernon, New York
Quaker Views
Elspeth Benton — Madison, Wisconsin
Flour Bombs
Linnie Sternik — Westchester County, New York
No Wonder We Behaved
Lenore Pimental — Brooklyn, New York
At the Top of Saddleback Ridge
Elizabeth Robinson — South-Central Pennsylvania
Chapter 5: The 1950s
The Old South
Belva Carole Lamb — Savannah, Georgia
In the Heartland
Shannon Rose — Wyoming, Michigan
Endless Summer
Lorna Penland Hernandez — Pensacola, Florida
American Bandstand
Linda Ann Jung Wong — Dallas, Texas
Townie Girl
Chris (Linda) Archambault — Le Mars, Iowa
Chapter 6: The 1960s
Woodstock
Victoria Lester — Long Island, New York
Survival Rules
Johnny Gilbert — Little Rock, Arkansas
Tales of a Triplet
Shoshana Frieden — Sharon, Massachusetts
California Dreamin’
Suzanne Sherman — Los Angeles, California
We Were the Bird Dogs
Adrienne Raker — Maryville, Arizona
What’s Important to You?
Susan Aaron — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Chapter 7: The 1970s
Black Lights and Lava Lamps
Kim Fusch — Dallas, Texas
After Saigon Fell
Terri Ann Smith — Funston, Georgia
Island Life
Jennifer Lei Bowen — Moloka’i, Hawaii
Wheat Country
Michele Moore — Oakley, Kansas
The Cold War
Janet Snow — Yonkers, New York
The American Dream
Angela Lam Turpin — San Jose, California
Chapter 8: The 1980s
Gen-X Poster Child
Jenny Isenman — Baltimore, Maryland
Ms. Pac-Man Is IT!
Nicole Bivens — Little Rock, Arkansas
Stuck Between Two Cultures
Amy Lam — Bronx, New York
White-Bread Cowboy Country
Rachel Nixon — Rohnert Park, California
Chapter 9: The 1990s
Boom Dynamite!
Brianna Bonzheim — Grandville, Michigan
Daughter of the Second Wave
Elsa Evans — Jenner, California
Pop Star
Jordan Galvan — Houston, Texas
Born Vegetarian
Risa Bailey Rubin — Los Angeles, California
The Kenney Ridge Land Girls
Fiona Sheehan — Athens, Georgia
Chapter 10: The 2000s
This I Believe
Marina Rose Sherman — Berkeley, California
Stay Strong
Dylanne White — Petaluma, California
The Hat Collector
Clare MacKenzie Walsh — Yarmouth, Maine
Only Child with a Big Family
Kaya Stitzhal — Seattle, Washington
I Am Home
Aalaa Albaroudi — Ann Arbor, Michigan