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'''Anzia Yezierska''' – Immigrant Daughter and the Possibilities of the New World | '''Anzia Yezierska''' – Immigrant Daughter and the Possibilities of the New World | ||
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| + | Immigrant women like Anzia and her fictional heroine Sara faced unique challenges at the turn of the century. They were caught between the growing American emphasis on education and more independence for women and their tradition bound fathers and husbands. Men like Sara's father in the reading probably saw their daughters' rebellious streaks as not only a threat to their patriarchal authority but also to the culture and customs they brought from their countries of origin. When immigrant daughters went to school or moved out on their own they joined an 'American' movement that their parents may not have understood or feared for its ability to remove their daughters from an acceptably ethnic upbringing. -Mary Ann | ||
'''Edith Eudora Ammons''' – A Woman Homesteader | '''Edith Eudora Ammons''' – A Woman Homesteader | ||
