In the reading for Food Riots during 1917 a majority of the protestors were women and their daughter against peddlers and male police enforcers. Could this have affect the little action taken in creating greater more direct reforms for bettering food prices? Women had little rights at this time especially the poor working class, was the issue of food price rise less attended to because of this circumstance?

The reading also mentioned how this was before world war one and nationalist and patriotic emotions were high at this time labeling protestors as alleged german allies or socialist. Did this contribute to little attention being paid to these groups.

In the Markets reading markets viewed peddlers as overcrowding cities and lower business value when in reality they helped markets. In present day do street carts still contribute to help the value of a neighborhood market and businesses near by? Do they help immigrants in the same why they once did in providing a stable income and affordable produce or is that outdated?