Comments on: How Reading Helped One Person Rise Above Poverty

By: Meryl K. Evans

Meryl K. Evans — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:46:42 +0000

I loved reading your story, Deb. Made me think about my grandmother who came over from Latvia through Ellis Island when she was two. But that’s where their similarities end. Mine did graduate high school and went to a women’s college (I believe). She had a career and didn’t marry until she hit her 30s — unheard of for women born in the early 1900s.

Your grandmother was amazing. She accomplished more than many high school and college graduates have or ever will.

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:41:25 +0000

Your great grandmother wasn’t smart, she was brilliant. To own a successful store with an 8th grade education is amazing.

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By: Joyce

Joyce — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:29:02 +0000

This is a very classical poverty story where once most of our grandparents times were the times that they have to fight through for survivals without much education and resources, and which we are now taking for granted in our everyday lives.

Overall, it is a very heartfelt story. Good reading!

By: Louise

Louise — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:17:18 +0000

What a lovely story.

By: Tess

Tess — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:34:48 +0000

IMG! That would make such a great story for a book! You should write about her life-I could even see it as a movie.

By: Roberta Rosenberg

Roberta Rosenberg — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:07:11 +0000

Hi Deb, thank you for sharing your grandmother’s story. If you haven’t yet, I encourage you to visit the Tenement Museum in NYC. This collection of Lower East Side tenement apartments showcases life as it was when the streets were teeming with millions of immigrants. Even now, the brutal, crushing poverty of the 1880s-1920s can be seen and felt.

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:26:31 +0000

@Ankesh and @Joanna – Thank you for reading my grandmother’s story. I love to tell the world about her.

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By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:08:31 +0000

There’s so much we can learn from our grandparents’ generation. They lived through really tough times. Maybe if we look back at some of what they did we can find solutions to some of the problems that lie in front of us now?

Thanks for sharing this personal piece

Joanna

By: Ankesh Kothari

Ankesh Kothari — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:37:50 +0000

Very touching. Thanks for sharing stories of your grandmother. Loved them. Stumbled!