In our aunties' words
Subtitle: the Filipino spirit of Hampton Roads
By: Hampton Roads Chapter of the Filipino American National Historical Society.
Contributors: Filipino American National Historical Society. Hampton Roads Chapter.
Publisher: T'Boli Pub. & Distributor
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9781887764629
Subjects: Filipino Americans -- History.; Filipino American women -- Virginia -- Hampton Roads Region -- History.; Filipino Americans -- Virginia -- Hampton Roads (Region) -- Social conditions.; Filipino American women -- Virginia -- Hampton Roads (Region) -- Biography.; Emigrants -- United States -- Biography.; United States -- Ethnic relations.; Hampton Roads (Va. : Region) -- History.; United States -- Relations -- Philippines.; Philippines -- Relations -- United States.
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Filipino spirit of Hampton Roads
Description: "Presents the immigrant experiences of Filipina women pioneers who arrived in the United States after 1955 and went on to contribute to the communities that now comprise South Hampton Roads, Virginia"--Foreword.
Notes: Foreword by Edwina Lapa Bergano; prologue by Allan Lagasca Bergano; introd. by Veronica Baybay Salcedo; afterword by Emily Porcincula Lawsin and Joan May Timtiman Cordova.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-151).
Table of contents: value: Independence / by Al Andrew Castillo Igana; value: Adaptation / by Eduardo Callo Basilio and Allan Lagasca Bergano; value: Professions / by Ferdinand Villamor Tolentino and John Inocian Labra; value: Raising family / by Tracie Liguid Smith ... [et al.]; value: Sacrifice / by Gilbert Lim Salang; value: Finding community / by Raymond Perez Obispo.