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Title
Italian Women and Girls: Interview with Lisette Conte by Carmela Santoro
Subject
Social and Cultural Anthropology; Immigrants -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Emigrants -- Italy; Immigrants -- United States -- History -- 20th Century; Oral history -- Immigrants -- Rhode Island; Italian American women
Description
This is an audio file with a transcript. The interview has been catalogued as 5 of 24 from box 7 in the Ethnic Heritage Studies collection. The original audio recording, made for the series, 'Italian Women and Girls,' is located on audio cassette 04.
Creator
Conte, Lisette
Source
Italian Women and Girls was created by Dr. Carmela E. Sontoro, a professor of history at Rhode Island College and a descendant of Italian immigrants. She believed that Italian women had been stereotyped as "illiterate, unthinking and living to be the possesion of her husband,." To find the truth, she interviewed her moth, friends and neighbors and extended her search to women across the state. From her interviews with 70 Italian immigrant women, Dr. Santoro found them to be "much more complex and diversified persons" who play an important role in their families.
Publisher
Digital Initiatives Press: Rhode Island College
Date
1975-10-19
Language
English
Type
audio
Identifier
IW05A