MERCHANTS, MIDWIVES, AND LABORING WOMEN; Italian immigrants in urban America
Urbana IL: University of Illinois, (2006). First printing. 8vo, pp. x, 130. Notes, index. Illustrated with photographs. White cloth. Near new, in slightly faded dj with a small cut in the rear. Item #47719
The author challenges the idea that Italian women immigrants were passive contributors to their families' economic well-being, demonstrating that many of these women came to America with work experience and, where work opportunities were few, built their own businesses.
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