Questions for paper

I am doing my report on The Great Depression. Each of my grandmothers grew up as children during The Great Depression. My mothers mother Claire grew up in the Mission District of San Francisco. Her father lost his job and they ultimately lost their house. My fathers mother Virginia grew up in a close knit community in Brooklyn, New York. Her father also lost his job. They were forced to accept government assistance, waking up at 5:00 A.M. to stand in line for milk. She watched the close knit neighborhood where she knew everybody transform itself as tent cities moved into the vacant lots next door. I thought it would be interesting to interview both Grandmothers to see the similarities and differences in how they experienced this time.

The questions I chose to ask are below:

1.) Where did you live during The Great Depression?
2.) What happened that first made you aware of The Great Depression?
3.) About how old were you?
4.) How did it affect you personally at this time?
5.) What government programs were you aware of?
6.) How long was your father out of work?
7.)  How did you feel about the quality of your life?
8.)  Were you aware of the problems that were going on in the banking system?
9.) Do you think things are better now?

I tried to keep the questions the same for both of my grandparents. Obviously, as I asked questions and the differences became evident I asked further questions on some of these subjects. One example is asking further questions about the "Hoover Cities" that sprung up around my Grandma Gin's neighborhood.