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100 1 $aWeatherford, Doris.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85308528
245 10 $aForeign and female :$bimmigrant women in America /$cDoris Weatherford.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bFacts on File,$c1995.
263 $a9512
300 $axvi, 432 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tWho, Where, and When: An Introductory Overview --$g1.$tFatalistic Conceptions --$g2.$tThose Uncontrolled Births --$g3.$tIn Sickness and in Health --$g4.$tThe Immigrant Way of Death --$g5.$tReligion Here and Hereafter --$g6.$tCourting Customs --$g7.$tMarriage, Divorce, and Desertion --$g8.$tIllicit Sex --$g9.$tThe Fruit of the Land --$g10.$tHovels, Homes, and Hope --$g11.$tCleaning, Child Care, and Clothing --$g12.$tSupporting Families --$g13.$tWork and Wages --$g14.$tWays of Work --$g15.$tForeign Domestics --$g16.$tHomes on the Range --$g17.$tTravails of Travel --$g18.$tStandards and Double Standards --$g19.$tAn Ocean Apart: Separation and Its Effects --$g20.$tFrom Old and Male to Young and Female: Changes in Family Relations --$g21.$tWoman's Place in the New World --$g22.$tViews of the New World.
520 $aFrom 1840 to 1930 the United States received the greatest number of immigrants in its history. Of these immigrants, four of every ten were female. While much has been written about the American immigrant experience, the stories of immigrant women have remained largely untold. Doris Weatherford's Foreign and Female offers a vivid account of life in America for European female immigrants, many of whom were our grandmothers and great-grandmothers.
520 8 $aDrawing from the letters and diaries of immigrant women, the author records what life was like for female newcomers to America: how they lived, what they ate, how they worked, how they married, and much, much more. Delving even further, Foreign and Female records the inner thoughts and concerns of these women, revealing their views on a range of subjects, including marriage, divorce, childbirth, and religion.
520 8 $aAlthough the experiences of immigrant women differed from region to region and from situation to situation, Foreign and Female accurately describes what life was like for a variety of women - on the farm, in the factory, in the city, out West, and in the home.
650 0 $aWomen immigrants$zUnited States$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aWomen immigrants$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aWomen immigrants$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
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