AC, that's pretty cool to even get to consider what life was like back then. My dad is 82 and he tells some hella stories, even from his short life

. I think as a species the biggest change has been that we kinda don't rely on ourselves for much of anything anymore....not judging, just sayin'....back when your grandma was a young'un, 80% of the people in this country lived in rural areas, pretty much. EVERYBODY knew where their dinner came from, even the city folks. Now, not so much....
I had a chance to drive a 1925 Lincoln with the original owner sitting next to me (this about 20 years ago), and I was struck by the absolute practicality of this gentleman. Here I was driving this vintage, wooden spoke wheel behemoth on a dirt road through the woods in PA and I was freaked out that I was gonna do something wrong, or wreck his car...and I was having trouble with the shifting 'cause I'd never had to double clutch, and he grabs my hand on the lever (I think he was in his mid-eighties ATT) and says: "Don't baby her, son!" I think folks were a whole lot more pragmatic about life (and death) than we are now. Kids worked when the were old enough (like, 12) and now we bubble wrap them for fear they'll get hurt. Even when I was a kid in the 60's and 70's we spent plenty of time without adult supervision (all the time that we weren't in school, pretty much) and we learned how to take care of ourselves. When your grandma was a kid, even more so. Now, you'd be lucky to find a 12 year old that could cook dinner for the family, much less do their own laundry.
OK, I'm rambling, but you get my point.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to your Grandma!!!!