Description
Peggy Cook, born in 1924, share stories of life during the depression in the rural Pacific Northwest. Beginning work as a laborer on the river at fifteen, Cook narrates a childhood of strong values around charity, compassion, hardwork, and a love of reading. After Pearl Harbor, Cook found work as a net weaver in the US Navy factory on Indian Island, across the bay from Port Townsend, WA. When her husband returned from his service in the Navy, the family settled in Port Angeles. Cook’s narrative provides vivid descriptions of gender dynamics in the workplace, class and race dynamics in the pre and postwar North, and rural life during the Great Depression.