Kelley House Calendar: Mendocino Study Club’s Second Chapter

Kelley House Calendar: Mendocino Study Club’s Second Chapter

Excerpted from Ladies of the Afternoon 1908-2008: the First 100 Years of the Mendocino Study Club by Jean Droz and Janet Barnes. On March 4, 1933, the United States banking system collapsed. Citizens could not retrieve their deposits, and the panic that ensued affected everyone. Large banks reopened first, while some smaller banks like those on the Mendocino Coast never reopened.  Many jobs were lost in the coastal lumber industry, and the Study…