“Little by little the sky was darkened by the mixing dust, and the wind felt over the Earth, loosened the dust, and carried it away,” John Steinbeck, author of The Grapes of Wrath (Rowley). This was a common thought, and they had no choice but to watch their lives blow away. Home life for the homemakers during the 1930’s was difficult as well. In the time of carrying tightly-covered milk cans to the house, the dust had found its way into the milk; therefore, she would have to strain it through several thicknesses of cloth to get enough milk to use for the family (Society). Housewives also experimented by hanging dripping-wet towels throughout the house so that moisture would bring some coolness while trying to survive the dangerous heat waves.
