Generations in History

Generations in History

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GENERATION	Birth Years	Famous Member (Man)	Famous Member (Woman)	Era in which members came of age	Archetype
Arthurian	1433-1460	King Henry VII	Elizabeth Woodville	War of the Roses	Hero
Humanist	1460-1482	Thomas More	Elizabeth of York	Tudor Renaissance	Artist

Reformation	1483-1511	John Knox	Anne Boleyn	Protestant Reformation	Prophet
Reprisal	1512-1540	Francis Drake	Queen Elizabeth I	Intolerance & Martyrdom	Nomad
Elizabethan	1541-1565	William Shakespeare	Mary Herbert	Armada Crisis	Hero
Parliamentary	1566-1587	William Laud	Anne of Denmark	Merrie England	Artist

Puritan	1588-1617	John Winthrop	Anne Hutchinson	Puritan Awakening	Prophet
Cavalier	1618-1647	Nathaniel Bacom	Mary Dyer	Reaction & Restoration	Nomad
Glorious	1648-1673	”King” Carter	Hannah Dustin	Glorious Revolution	Hero
Enlightenment	1674-1700	Cadwallader Colden	Mary Musgrove	Augustan Age of Empire	Artist

Awakening	1701-1723	Jonathan Edwards	Eliza Lucas Pinckney	Great Awakening	Prophet
Liberty	1724-1741	George Washington	Mercy Warren	French & Indian Wars	Nomad
Republican	1742-1766	Thomas Jefferson	“Molly Pitcher”	American Revolution	Hero
Compromise	1767-1791	Andrew Jackson	Dolley Madison	Era of Good Feelings	Artist

Transcendental	1792-1821	Abraham Lincoln	Elizabeth Cady Stanton	Transcendental Awakening	Prophet
Gilded	1822-1842	Ulysses Grant	Louisa May Alcott	Civil War	Nomad
Progressive	1843-1859	Woodrow Wilson	Mary Cassatt	Reconstruction & Gilded Age	Artist

Missionary	1860-1882	Franklin Roosevelt	Emma Goldman	Third Great Awakening	Prophet
Lost	1883-1900	Harry Truman	Dorothy Parker	World War I & Prohibition	Nomad
G.I.	1901-1924	John Kennedy	Katharine Hepburn	Depression & World War II	Hero
Silent	1925-1942	Martin Luther King, Jr.	Sandra Day O’Connor	American High	Artist

Boom	1943-1960	Bill Clinton	Marcia Clark	Consciousness Revolution	Prophet
Thirteenth	1961-1981	Charles Barkley	Jodie Foster	Culture Wars	Nomad
Millennial	1982-200?	Dooney Waters	Jessica McClure	Millennial Crisis?	Hero ?

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