Dutch immigrant women in the United States, 1880-1920
By: Suzanne M. Sinke.
Series: Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial series
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: Dutch American women -- Social conditions -- 19th century.; Dutch American women -- Social conditions -- 20th century.; Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.; Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.; Protestant women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.; Protestant women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.; Sex role -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Sex role -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.; Netherlands -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Description: "In this portrait, Suzanne M. Sinke adapts the concept of social reproduction to examine the shifting gender roles of tens of thousands of Dutch Protestant women who crossed the Atlantic to make new homes in the United States in the period from 1880 to 1920.".

"Examining the domain of the home as well as the related realms of education, religion, health care, and worldview, Sinke discerns women's contributions to the creation and adaptation of families and communities, pointing out how they differed from those of men.

Through Sinke's articulate and captivating descriptions of real women, the statistical evidence comes to life, providing valuable and heretofore unexamined views on the international marriage market, language shifts, the acquisition of American customs, the church's role in adaptation, and the shifting economies that allowed women to work outside the home.

A parallel analysis of the United States and the Netherlands as developing welfare states provides a fascinating look at what Dutch immigrant women left behind compared to what they faced in America regarding health care, education, and quality-of-life issues."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-285) and index.
Table of contents: title: Family matters; title: The bare necessities and their elaborations; title: Making ends meet; title: In sickness and in death; title: Learning language and worldview; title: Our Father, who art everywhere.