Merchants, midwives, and laboring women : Italian migrants in urban America / Diane C. Vecchio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vecchio, Diane C., 1949-

Series:

Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Centennial series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italian American women--New York (State)--Endicott--Economic conditions.

Italian American women.

Italian American women--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--Economic conditions.

Italian American women--Employment--New York (State)--Endicott--History.

Italian American women--Employment--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--History.

Foreign workers--New York (State)--Endicott--History.

Foreign workers.

Foreign workers--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--History.

Women employees--New York (State)--Endicott--History.

Women employees.

Women employees--Wisconsin--Milwaukee--History.

History.

Italian American women--Employment.

Economic conditions.

Endicott (N.Y.)--Economic conditions.

Endicott (N.Y.).

Milwaukee (Wis.)--Economic conditions.

Milwaukee (Wis.).

Wisconsin--Milwaukee.

New York (State)--Endicott.

Physical Description:

x, 130 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2006]

Contents:

Encountering America

Gender, economic opportunities, and Italian woman worker in Endicott

Gender, economic opportunities, and Italian businesswomen in Milwaukee

Female professionals in the immigrant community : Italian-trained midwives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [105]-124) and index.

ISBN:

0252030397

OCLC:

60824171

Publisher Number:

9780252030390