book chapter
EN LA AGUJA Y EL PEDAL ECHéLA HEIL: Puerto Rican women in the garment industry of New York City, 1920-1980
Puerto Rican women and work : bridges in transitional labor • Philadelphia • Published In 1996 • Pages: 55-81
By: Ortiz, Altagracia.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is the story of Puerto Rican garment workers to better their lives and their failure to do so for reasons beyond their control. They were victims of racism and sexism by both factory and union bosses. The former assigned them less lucrative jobs in the industry and the latter denied them entrance into the union locals which controlled the higher paying jobs. The industry began its downward spiral in the 1950s. A change in fashion to informal wear lead to the deskilling of the industry, which resulted in less pay. Cheaper imports, and loss of jobs to the south and overseas reduced employment opportunities. The low wages paid to Puerto Rican garment workers allowed the industry to survive into the 1960s.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Internal migration
- Special clothing industries
- Labor relations
- Labor organization
- Gender status
- Ethnic stratification
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Puerto Ricans (Mainland)
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1984
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1920-1980
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- New York, N.Y., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Altagracia Ortiz
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95043822
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Puerto Ricans--United States