American Woman, Italian Style: Italian Americana's Best Writings on Women

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A M E R I C A N W O M A N , I T A L I A N S T Y L E AMERICAN WOMAN, ITALIAN STYLE Italian Americana’s Best Writings on Women  edited by Carol Bonomo Albright and Christine Palamidessi Moore Fordham University Press New York 2011 Copyright 䉷 2011 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data American woman, Italian style : Italian Americana’s best writings on women / edited by Carol Bonomo Albright and Christine Palamidessi Moore.—1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8232-3175-1 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8232-3176-8 (paper : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8232-3177-5 (ebook) 1. Italian American women—Social life and customs. 2. Italian American women—Social conditions. 3. Italian American women—Biography. 4. Italian American women—Literary collections. 5. Sex role—United States. 6. Ethnicity—United States. 7. United States—Ethnic relations. I. Albright, Carol Bonomo. II. Palamidessi Moore, Christine. III. Italian Americana. E184.I8A5248 2011 973⬘.0451—dc22 2010039554 Printed in the United States of America 13 12 11 5 4 3 2 1 First edition For Grandmother Teresa Guerrieri Mother Margaret Bonomo Godmother, Angela Grande and Daughter Sally Effman With love  For my aunts and sister Fasca Painter Orestina Errico Pamela Palamidessi Dimaio con molto affetto ...