1944-01: (Jeanne Reports Fluctuating Prices Job Insecurity and Displacement — at the Beginning of January 1944 Jeanne Reporting to Her Sisters That Food Pric…

1944-01: (Jeanne Reports Fluctuating Prices Job Insecurity and Displacement — at the Beginning of January 1944 Jeanne Reporting to Her Sisters That Food Prices Fluctuated Often Job Insecurity Was on the Rise and Haitians Were Being Displaced from Their Land — Jeanne Knowing All of This Because in Addition to Being the Resident Family Reporter in Mid-1943 She Started a New Job at the Newspaper A Propos de SHADA): At the beginning of January 1944, Jeanne reported to her sisters that the food prices fluctuated often, job insecurity was on the rise, and Haitians were being displaced from their land. Jeanne knew all of this because in addition to being the resident family reporter, while her siblings traveled the world during the 1940s, in mid-1943 Jeanne started a new job at the newspaper A Propos de SHADA — the youngest Sylvain sister had become the family’s eyes and ears on the ground, her letters a running dispatch from the front lines of economic collapse.