Merchants, midwives, and laboring women
Subtitle: Italian migrants in urban America
By: Diane C. Vecchio.
Series: Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial series
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9780252030390
Subjects: Italian American women -- New York (State) -- Endicott -- Economic conditions; Italian American women -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- Economic conditions; Italian American women -- Employment -- New York (State) -- Endicott -- History; Italian American women -- Employment -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- History; Alien labor -- New York (State) -- Endicott -- History; Alien labor -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- History; Women employees -- New York (State) -- Endicott -- History; Women employees -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- History; Endicott (N.Y.) -- Economic conditions; Milwaukee (Wis.) -- Economic conditions
Description: "Diane C. Vecchio's unique study challenges long-held patriarchal assumptions about Italian women's work in the United States by considering the work experiences of Italian immigrant women and their daughters in the previously unexamined regions of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Endicott, New York, during the turn of the twentieth century. Using Italian and American sources and rich oral histories, this study reveals that women in Italy had economic responsibilities that often included work experiences outside of the home, including positions as midwives and businesswomen."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Encountering America; title: Gender, economic opportunities, and the Italian woman worker in Endicott; title: Gender, economic opportunities, and Italian businesswomen in Milwaukee; title: Female professionals in the immigrant community : Italian-trained midwives.