To make your lives easier, here is a public service from The Boomer Broads! Here’s a chart letting you know when one generation starts and the other leaves off, as promised (in our show from last week), here is the “Generation Table”.
Generation Table |
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| Cyber Generation | Born 2002 -2025 |
| Generation Y also known as the Millennial Generation and the i.generation | Born 1982-2001 A civic generation, inner driven within the information revolution, striving to get ahead. |
| Generation X also known as the 13th Generation | Born 1960-1981 A reactive generation, street wise. Examples – Madonna, Tom Cruise. |
| Baby Boomers | Born 1943-1960 An idealist generation, often stressed out. Some sources suggest true baby boomers were born between 1946 to 1964 after World War II to experience the pop media revolution and the ideal of peace in our times.
Typical boomers include Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Cher. |
| Silent Generation | Born 1925-1942, 95% of this generation is retired. They are an adaptive generation because they have had to be. This generation includes beats and beatniks. This generation were technically born too late to be war heroes. |
| G.I Generation | Born 1901-1924 Concerned primarily with a civic outlook within society. |
| Lost Generation | Born 1883-1900 Many fought and died in World War 1. |
Table from http://www.fashion-era.com/Trends/generation_terms_x_y_boomers_g.htm
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