Title: Memories of migration : gender, ethnicity, and work in the lives of Jewish and Italian women in New York, 1870-1924 /
Authors: Friedman-Kasaba, Kathie, 1954-
Publisher: State University of New York,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Women immigrants New York (State) New York History.; Jewish women New York (State) New York History.; Italian American women New York (State) New York History.; New York (N.Y.) Emigration and immigration History.
Contents: Introduction: Starting from Home -- Ch. 1. Women and International Migration: Moving Beyond Unproductive Polarizations -- Ch. 2. "Why Did We Have to Leave?": The Shifting Patterns of Jewish Women's Lives in Russia at the Turn of the Century -- Ch. 3. "Take Me to America": The Origins of Italian Women's Migration to the United States at the Turn of the Century -- Ch. 4. "So, We Have Crossed Half the World for This?": The Incorporation of Immigrant Wives and Mothers in New York, 1870-1924 -- Ch. 5. "The Right to a Personality": The Experiences of Young Single Immigrant Women in New York, 1870-1924.