Nope, you’re thinking of the Lost Generation, nope Silents were called that because like Gen X, they were fewer in number than the post-war Boomers, and becuase they were generally known for being cautious and thrifty, having grown up in the shadow of WWII but too young to fight in it.
Edit: in case you were wondering, the generation before the Losts is now sometimes called the Missionary Generation. Theres a list of tentative names for generations going back to the 1400s in this wikipedia article if you’re curious. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss–Howe_generational_theory
I thought the silent generation was the ones who were the greatest generations parents, and adults in the 1920s. During silent movie era.
Nope, you’re thinking of the Lost Generation, nope Silents were called that because like Gen X, they were fewer in number than the post-war Boomers, and becuase they were generally known for being cautious and thrifty, having grown up in the shadow of WWII but too young to fight in it.
Edit: in case you were wondering, the generation before the Losts is now sometimes called the Missionary Generation. Theres a list of tentative names for generations going back to the 1400s in this wikipedia article if you’re curious. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss–Howe_generational_theory