Merchants, Midwives, and Laboring Women: ITALIAN MIGRANTS IN

Merchants, Midwives, and Laboring Women: ITALIAN MIGRANTS IN URBAN AMERICA (Statue of Liberty Ellis Island)

Diane C. Vecchio's unique study considers 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 jobs as midwives and businesswomen. Demonstrating the regional variation of Italian women's work as well as the skills they transplanted to America balances the image of inexperienced and low-skilled labourers that dominates scholarship on Italian working women. Vecchio's research on Endicott sheds light on the gendered nature of life in a company town governed by welfare paternalism, while her research on Milwaukee emphasizes how Italian immigrant women turned to small business enterprise when local opportunities for wage-earning were limited.
Country USA
Brand University of Illinois Press
Manufacturer University of Illinois Press
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780252030390
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	University of Illinois Press
Manufacturer	University of Illinois Press
Binding	Hardcover
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780252030390
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Merchants, Midwives, and Laboring Women: ITALIAN MIGRANTS IN URBAN AMERICA (Statue of Liberty Ellis Island)