1. During the Great Depression, Americans were eager to define what it meant to be an American. How is that desire reflected in the literature, art, and music that we are considering this week?

2. The 1930s were hard times for many Americans, especially the very poor. How do your readings and the folk music you have experienced enrich your understanding of Depression hardship?

3. In her stories set in the 1930s, does LeSueur subscribe to the dominant view that men were the primary victims of Depression hardship?

4. How does LeSueur represent motherhood? In stories like "A Hungry Intellectual," "Annunciation," "Tonight Is Part of the Struggle," and "Salute to Spring," how does LeSueur connect motherhood to the revolutionary movement?

5. What do we learn from LeSueur's stories about women's experience in the Depression?