Reddit reviews When My Grandmother Was a Child: 9
We found 2 Reddit comments about When My Grandmother Was a Child: 9. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Reddit reviews When My Grandmother Was a Child: 9We found 2 Reddit comments about When My Grandmother Was a Child: 9. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Many of these figures are ripped and horribly modified from a book called "When My Grandmother was a Child". I do love this book, however, the OP's stats don't concern the 1910s but rather the 1890s.
http://www.amazon.com/When-My-Grandmother-Was-Child/dp/0525941053
Another problem is that some of these "stats" have been modified from the original book in order to appeal to internet users who don't really read. For instance the original book made no reference at all to marijuana, heroin and morphine being available over the counter (they weren't), but rather to opium being available (and widely used) over the counter.
I'm pretty sure Canada never passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason. In fact, we gave away free land to the poorest Eastern Europeans to help grow our prairie provinces. But I could be wrong.
Other stats from the OP's post have had extra items added that aren't sourced. For instance, this stat:
>More than 95 percent of all births took place at home . Ninety percent of all Doctors had no college education.
is in the book, but somebody added the extra part at the end about "so-called medical schools, many of which Were [sic] condemned in the press and the government as 'substandard.'"
EDIT: Oops, I just opened up my copy of "When My Grandmother Was a Child" and I found out that I was wrong about the marijuana, morphine and heroin. The original passage does actually include each of these three items and says that they were all available over the counter. I thought it was just opium.
It all revolves around a book that a lot of the characters have been reading. Donna is the first one that mentions she's reading the book. Don't think there's any real symbolism to be had here. I'm guessing it was just something Sorkin wanted to use to depict how race relations haven't changed as much as people like to think they are. There is a real book out there that could have been the inspiration for this part of the story.