Since about 1883, individuals born in a given year are typically grouped together as a ‘named generation’, defined and described with attributes that roughly, broadly, and generally describe the cohort.
— this is where it generally started; the term was popularized by Ernest Hemingway, who credited the term to Gertrude Stein, who had heard it in a French garage — ”génération perdue”
† — or 1960 - 1977/1985
ª — roughly. See the Wiki page.
The “Seven Sisters” was an informal term used to describe a group of seven U.S. “service” magazines, all of which were targeted towards married women who were homemakers; the nickname came from the constellation of the Pleiades (a.k.a. Seven Sisters).
With the decline in the magazine industry, as well as the smaller percentage of U.S. women in younger generations (Generation X and Millennials) who are full-time homemakers, only three of the “Seven Sisters” magazines are still being published in print form:
Better Homes and Gardens
Good Housekeeping
Women’s Day
Of the other four, Redbook is now digital-only, while McCall’s, Ladies’ Home Journal, and Family Circle are all defunct.
(Fixing link for Gen Z, and also some formatting)
Since about 1883, individuals born in a given year are typically grouped together as a ‘named generation’, defined and described with attributes that roughly, broadly, and generally describe the cohort.
— this is where it generally started; the term was popularized by Ernest Hemingway, who credited the term to Gertrude Stein, who had heard it in a French garage — ”génération perdue”
† — or 1960 - 1977/1985
ª — roughly. See the Wiki page.
{I posted this in another SDMB thread, in IMHO, https://is.gd/T7vcJT} kenobi 65’s play is still current.
McCall’s was originally called The Queen when it was founded in 1873. In 1897 it was renamed McCall’s Magazine—The Queen of Fashion, which was later shortened to McCall’s.
McCall’s published fiction by such well-known authors as Ray Bradbury, Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck and Kurt Vonnegut. From 1949 until 1962, Eleanor Roosevelt wrote a McCall’s column entitled “If You Ask Me”.
The McCall’s Cookbook first came out in 1963, and was a competitor for other publications like Betty Crocker, which was already a household standby. It had the same sorts of homemaker recipes as Betty Crocker, and was a good place to start for budding cooks like me.
Crocker Park is a major upscale outdoor shopping development in Westlake on the West Side of Cleveland, Ohio. It first opened in 2004 and has no connection (that I could find) to Betty Crocker.
Crocker-Amazon is a neighborhood in the southern area of San Francisco. It is named after the Charles Crocker land holdings that once made up the area, and Amazon Avenue in the Excelsior District.
The brand name, and character, of Betty Crocker was created in 1921 by the Washburn-Crosby Company, a forerunner of General Mills. Washburn-Crosby wished to come up with a human persona for the company’s responses to questions from consumers
The name “Betty” was chosen as it was seen as being cheery and All-American, while “Crocker” was chosen in honor of William Crocker, who was a director of Washburn-Crosby.
Several actresses have portrayed Betty Crocker in advertising over the years, including Marjorie Husted (who was the voice of Betty Crocker on the radio for twenty years) and Adelaide Hawley Cumming (who played Betty Crocker on TV for fifteen years).
A “Bouncing Betty” is a type of landmine that, when triggered, pops a warhead up into the air about 3 feet before exploding. It is intended for unshielded infantry and was developed by Germany in the 1930s and used during WWII. It acquired its cynical nickname “Bouncing Betty” from American infantrymen. It had a great psychological effect on Allied forces because of its tendency to maim, rather than kill, infantrymen.
It has been called “probably the most feared device encountered by Allied troops in the war."
In 1939 the Finnish Army bought them from Germany after the Winter War.
In 1939 the French developed their own version.
In 1942 the Americans developed their own version and continued to develop it after the war.
The Soviets, Yugoslavs, Croats, Bosnians, Chileans, Eritreans, Iraqis, Kosovans, Mozambicans, Namibians, and Chinese have also used and/or developed their own versions.
“Bouncing Bet” (short for Betty) is a nickname that goes back to the 1820s and probably even earlier; it’s found in the lyrics of “You are all My Eye to Me” in a book of popular songs released in 1826: “Bouncing Bet would married be”.
“Bouncing Bet” is also one name for a wildflower, Saponaria officinalis, from which a mild soap has been made since ancient times. Its use is recorded in The Herbal of Dioscorides the Greek, around 70 CE.
Betty Spaghetty is a bendable rubber doll released in 1998. Some models came with accessories, such as a cell phone, a laptop computer, and in-line skates.
Per Wiki, Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. In a series of novels published by Random House in the 1960s, her parents’ names are given as George and Margaret Roberts; the family lives in the fictional town of Willows, Wisc. In the Random House novels, Barbie attended Willows High School; while in the Generation Girl books, published by Golden Books in 1999, she attended the fictional Manhattan International High School in New York City (based on the real-life Stuyvesant High School).
The female first name Margaret entered usage in English around the 11th century; it was derived from similar names in French (Marguerite), Latin (Margarita), and Greek (Margarites), which trace back to an Old Persian word meaning “pearl.”
The name has a number of common nicknames and diminutive forms, including Maggie, Marge, Madge, Meg, Peggy, and Peg.
Actress Laurette Taylor is now best remembered for originating the role of Amanda Wingfield in the first production of Tennessee Williams’s play The Glass Menagerie, in 1944. Her biggest hit came in 1912, when she played the title role in the Broadway production of Peg O’My Heart. She also played the role in London production until German bombing closed it down in 1915, toured the US when the play was revived in 1921, and starred in the 1922 silent film version.
The Tennessee Valley Authority was created by in 1933, primarily to provide economic development to the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression. At the time, the Tennessee Valley was in dire economic straits. Thirty percent of the population was affected by malaria. The average income in the rural areas was $639 per year, with some families surviving on as little as $100 per year.
In far western Kentucky and Tennessee, the Tennessee River and the Cumberland River run closely to one another, along more-or-less parallel routes.
In the 1940s, the Tennessee Valley Authority built a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in far western Kentucky, creating Kentucky Lake.
Then, in the 1960s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built another dam nearby, on the Cumberland River, creating Lake Barkley.
A narrow natural ridge had existed in between the two rivers, and after the creation of the lakes, some of that land remained above water. The area was designated the Land Between the Lakes National Recreational Area by President John Kennedy in 1963.
The U.S. Navy sister ships USS Kentucky and USS Kearsarge looked so much alike that, when moored near each other in the same port, sailors would sometimes board the wrong battleship.
The Kentucky Derby, first run in 1875, is traditionally held on the first Saturday in May. This year, of course, the race has been postponed until September 5. The only other time that the Derby was postponed was in 1945, due to a government ban on horse racing. The ban was lifted in May of that year, and the Derby was run on June 9, 1945.