Have we always named generations? When did we start? Thoughtco.com tells me that it is generally agreed to have started in the 20th century. It also tells me that generational theorists Neil Howe and William Strauss wrote the1991 book on this titled Generations" and get credit for the names. I found these sources along the way:
Gertrude Stein named the Lost Generation 1883 - 1900. Tom Brokaw named The Greatest Generation 1901 - 1924.
Time Magazine named the Silent Generation in 1951 in an article.
The first recorded use of "baby boomer" is in a January 1963 Daily Press article by Leslie J. Nason describing a massive surge of college enrollments approaching as the oldest boomers were coming of age.
The term Generation X was popularized by Douglas Coupland in an article for Vancouver Magazine in 1987. He later said that he had adopted the term from Paul Fussell's book Class: A Guide Through the American Status System, published in 1983.
"The easy solution was Gen Y, because, of course, Y comes after X. Just like baby busters, though, Gen Y didn't stick. Neil Howe and William Strauss' 2000 book Millennials Rising named the generation born in the years following 1980 after the new century, and millennials was the label that endured."
Xennial: Jed Oelbaum credits Sarah Stankorb with the term. The earliest traced usage comes from the 2014 Good article, which Stankorb pitched including the term Xennial.
Gen Z: The 'Z' in the anemia means "zoomer' - but no one is given credit for its name. Maybe it goes back to Douglas Coupland who is credited with Gen X.
Gen Alpha: Social researcher Mark McCrindle coined the term for the most recent generation to denote a “new start” after Gen Z. McCrindle theorizes that they will be characterized by more diverse family dynamics, higher racial diversity and higher economic inequality than previous generations.
Tourist Tulip Fields are popping up everywhere in Niagara. There was one in Fenwick last year - TASC. Now there's another nearby. And this one is on Seventh Avenue just north of Fourth Avenue. Drop into 13th Street Winery for your butter tarts and then walk the fields - they are just around the corner.
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