Send to KindleWho is This Silent Generation and Are They Really Silent?
The Silent Generation, born between 1927 and 1945, is called that because they don’t seem to have a lot of leaders. They tend to be overshadowed by the GI Generation before them and the Baby Boom Generation after them.
But are they really silent?
No! In fact, they are the beginning of the trend away from homogeneous generations like the GI Generation.
While it’s true there are no presidents from the Silent Generation, think of names like Martin Luther King and Cesar Chavez, or events like Woodstock (produced by Michael Lang, born 1944). The civil rights and women’s movements gained their traction during this generation.
Demonstrating the diversity that was beginning to creep into the generations, many Silent Generation members went to work with much the same work ethic as the GI Generation, but we can see that change was coming.
As the GI Generation fades away, the Silent Generation gains the role of elder in our society. They take on that mantle with a little more tolerance and willingness to step out of traditional roles.
The evidence to support that can be seen in the next generation; the Baby Boomers.
