Week 21: Challenges and Hardships
This week we are focusing on some of the challenges and hardships that the women in your family have had to overcome.
Think about some of your relatives, or some of the stories you have heard about their experiences. What were some of the difficult things they have had to endure or go through?
IDEAS
- the great depression
- world wars
- womens suffrage
- death of a spouse
- death of a child or children
- abusive relationships
- drug or alcohol addiction
- infertility
- poverty
- slave trade
THINK ABOUT IT
Were these experiences something they were able to endure and overcome? How did these women do it?
Maybe they experienced a tragedy and were not able to recover, how did this shape your relatives or ancestors?
How did these experiences inspire you or shape you? What have you learned about these women, and about yourself?
