My grandfather, who came over from Austria Hungary right before WWI had a still during Prohibition. He got caught and had to pay a $1000 fine and spent one year in prison. His daughters went to work at a bag factory in St. Louis at ages 13 and 14, bringing home the money to their mother. My grandfather built a 3 story brick home by himself. My aunts were very independent and I have many pictures of them traveling by train all over the US in the 1920's and 30's. My maternal grandmother tried to supplement the household by having sleeping rooms in her home as well as care for a sick father and 6 children. When Grandpa came over from the old country, he brought a brother and a sister with him. The sister was married (they all left their spouses there) and when she was here a few years, she remarried another man without divorcing her husband, grandpa never spoke to his sister again. His brother killed a man and was sent to prison and later his son became a lawyer and got his dad out of prison. All of these people were on my dad's side of the family.