They arrived in the U.S. in 1923 after leaving Spain and spending four years in Cuba, only to be detained at Ellis Islands for ten days before they were finally released to their older brother. Pilar was a young woman at that time. Sally was an adolescent. But over here they all go to school. It's more fair in this country.
Education is best.
The sisters were interviewed by the Ellis Isand Oral History Project on May 19, 1993.