and World War II. The label was originally applied to people in North America but has

also been applied to those in Western Europe, Australasia and South America. It includes

most of those who fought during the Korean War. In the United States, the generation

was comparatively small because the financial insecurity of the 1920s and 1930s caused people

to have fewer children. While there were many civil rights leaders,

writers, and artists, the Silent Generation is called that because many focused on their

careers rather than on activism, and people in it were largely encouraged to conform with

social norms. Time Magazine coined the name in a 1951 article entitled The Younger Generation,

and the name has stuck ever since. References

See also List of generations

External links TIME Magazine, The Younger Generation, 1951

TIME Magazine, The Silent Generation Revisited, 1970

The Silent Generation