Martin-Springer Institute – A Fan from the Spanish Civil War
Statistics
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE US VOLUNTEERS WHO SIGNED THE FAN
The US volunteers represented more than half (52%) of the signatories of the fan
More than half (56.25%) of the US volunteers were born between 1911 and 1916 (they would have been adolescents at the onset of the Great Depression)
Almost 70% of the US volunteers were in their 20s when they signed the fan in 1938
82% of the US volunteers had been born in the United States
A quarter (25%) of the US volunteers came from New York and close to a third (32%) came from California. Combined, the two states accounted for 57% of the American volunteers.
Location (State) mentioned on the fan
61.5% of the US volunteers had at least one parent born abroad
Most of the volunteers (81%) had direct connections to Europe (either they or at least one of their parents had been born there).
