Immigrant Women in Tampa: The Italian Experience, 1890-1930.

Mormino, Gary R.; Pozzetta, George E.

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ERIC Number: EJ424987

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1990

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Immigrant Women in Tampa: The Italian Experience, 1890-1930.

Mormino, Gary R.; Pozzetta, George E.

OAH Magazine of History, v4 n4 p19-28 Spr 1990

Traces social and working history of Sicilian women. Examines this history's significance to the development of Ybor City, an immigrant community settled by Sicilians, Cubans, and Spaniards in Tampa, Florida. Presents experiences and lifestyles of women employed in cigar factories, characterizing them as labor radicals yet traditionally domestic. (NL)

Descriptors: Employed Women, Ethnic Studies, Family History, Immigrants, Labor Conditions, Labor Force, Local History, Quality of Working Life, Secondary Education, Sex Role, Social History, Social Mobility, Unions, United States History, Womens History, Womens Studies, Working Class

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials

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Audience: Teachers; Students; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Florida; Florida (Tampa); Italy

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