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The stories our mothers tellarticle 1988 • Vazquez Erazo, Blanca
Puerto Ricans (Mainland) • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
In this article a 55-year-old woman garment worker tells two stories about her work experience. The first is about how she cunningly hoodwinked her boss to teach her how to use a sewing machine of which she had only minimal experience. The second sto...Postscriptarticle 1988 • Vazquez Erazo, Blanca
Puerto Ricans (Mainland) • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This is the postscript for the series of articles based on the life histories of NewYork City's Puerto Rican women garment workers (documents nos. 37, 57-59). We learn that these life histories were originally part of a slide show and radio documenta...