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The Silent Generation, also known as the Traditionalist Generation, is the Western demographic cohort following the Greatest Generation and preceding the baby boomers. The generation is generally defined as people born from 1928 to 1945. [1] By this definition and U.S. Census data, there were 23 million Silents in the United States as of 2019.
The Strauss–Howe generational theory, devised by William Strauss and Neil Howe, describes a theorized recurring generation cycle in American history and Western history. According to the theory, historical events are associated with recurring generational personas (archetypes). Each generational persona unleashes a new era (called a turning ...
The Greatest Generation, also known as the G.I. Generation and the World War II Generation, is the demographic cohort following the Lost Generation and preceding the Silent Generation. The social generation is generally defined as people born from 1901 to 1927. [1] They were shaped by the Great Depression and were the primary generation ...
The generation is often defined as people born from 1946 to 1964 during the mid-20th century baby boom. The dates, the demographic context, and the cultural identifiers may vary by country. [1][2][3][4] Most baby boomers are the children of either the Greatest Generation or the Silent Generation, and are often parents of Millennials.
The Silent Generation was born between 1928 to 1945, according to the Pew Research Center. ... a 20-year-old Gen Z’er from South Carolina, says she thinks the relationship with technology is ...
The Lost Generation is the demographic cohort that reached early adulthood during World War I, and preceded the Greatest Generation. The social generation is generally defined as people born from 1883 to 1900, coming of age in either the 1900s or the 1910s, and were the first generation to mature in the 20th century.
“I have written about how lucky I am to have grown up in the best era ever to be a kid. We had it all. Good music. Cheap gas. Safety. Security. And parents that let us be kids.”
A generation is all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively. [1] It also is "the average period, generally considered to be about 20–30 years, during which children are born and grow up, become adults, and begin to have children." [2] In kinship, generation is a structural term, designating the parent ...