Carrol Cox wrote:
>  My mothet's monthly salary as a rural elementary teacher was $50 (for
>  nine months). Even by 1942 it had only gone up to $90.

If the CPI is accurate, Carrol's mother would currently be earning
$768 for 9 months, or $85.33 each month.
-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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