Beyond Cannery Row: Sicilian Women, Immigration, and Community in Monterey, California, 1915-99

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Index acculturation: of Italian immigrants, 36–37, 130n2; through union participation, 36, 37 Alien Registration Act (1940), 77–78 aliens: California land ownership prohibited by, 80; federal legislation regarding, 16, 77–78. See฀also enemy aliens Aliotti, Gaspar, 80–81 Aliotti, Mary Anne, 81, 86, 92 Aliotti, Rose Ann, 33 America, as land of opportunity, 28. See฀also citizenship American Federal of Labor (AFL), 43–44, 45 Arancio, Josephine, 109 Archdeacon, Frances, 16 Asians: as cannery workers, 37, 62; excluded from naturalization, 82; marriage to, 73. See฀also Chinese; Japanese assimilation: discouraged by Sicilian community , 73; of Italian immigrants, 36–37, 130n2 Aurora Club, 60 Balbo, Giovanna, 103 Balesteri, Mary, 109 Balestreri, Annette, 38, 40 Bancroft Library, 11 Basch, Linda, 8, 30 Bellar, Fanny, 40 Biddle, Frances, 92 Binkley, Marian, 7 Bispo, Mary, 54–55 Blanc-Szanton, Cristine, 8 boat owners: activities of women in families of, 4, 55–56; class distinction of, 64, 65, 66; World War II policies affecting, 78, 82 Bodnar, John, 23 Bolle, Lena, 54–55 Booth, Frank, 4 Booth’s Cannery, 49, 120 Brettell, Caroline B., 8, 23 Brucia, Antonio, 75–76, 88–89 Bruno, Angie, 40, 42, 45, 51, 103, 109 Bruno, Frank, 122 Bruno, Vincent, 84 Bruno, Vita, 54–55 Buffo, Mary, 50, 69 Cable Act (1922), 136n68 California Alien Land Act, 80 campanilismo, 59–60 Canepa, Theresa, 103, 105 canneries: can-rolling task in, 41–42; establishment of, 4; floor ladies in, 41, 42, 45; sardine-processing procedure in, 39; working conditions in, 39–41, 50 cannery owners: activities of women in families of, 4; class distinction of, 64, 66– 67; exploitation of family members by, 48–49 Cannery Row: in 1920s, 17; as rough area, 49–50; transformation of, for tourism, 6, 122 cannery work, 37–42; entry into middle class provided by, 53–54; importance of, 09.index.153-160_McKib.indd฀฀฀153 10/27/05฀฀฀4:09:37฀PM 154฀ Index 35, 36, 49–50, 53; as inappropriate for women, 49–50, 60; interviewees’ participation in, 37–38; property ownership enabled by, 54–56; Sicilian domination of, 38 cannery workers: child care for, 46–47; nonSicilians as, 36–37, 38, 62; pregnant, 47, 48; in sardine vs. fruit canneries, 8–9, 51; Sicilian , camaraderie among, 5, 40, 61–62; Sicilian, identity of, 9, 38, 42, 44, 45, 51; typical work pattern of, 46–47; unionization of, 42–48 Cardinale, Catherine, 13, 41–42, 46–47, 56, 106 Cardinale, Joe, 94 Cardinalli, Hope, 21 Cervantes Spanish Lodge, 60 Chicago, migration to Monterey by way of, 1, 16, 29 child care, in families of cannery workers, 46–47 Chinese: as ethnic fisherpeople attracted to Monterey, 33, 118; in Monterey immigrant population, 14, 15, 17. See฀also Asians Cinel, Dino, 59 citizenship: acquisition of, post–World War II, 93–94; contemporary attitude toward, 96; gender and, 85–87, 136n68; influences on definition of, 81–83; official, enemy aliens as lacking, 81, 85–87, 93; Sicilian ethnic identity and, 5–6; Sons of Italy as encouraging, 75–76 class, 64–67; distinctions in, within families, 66; middle, 53–54, 59–60; neighborhoods as markers of, 17, 64–65; resentment due to differences in, 65–67; working, 10, 35 Cole, Sally, 7 Collins, Katherine Davi, 29 community building: challenges to, 5–6, 58; through marriage, 57, 58, 60; men’s and women’s roles in, 124; through Santa Rosalia Festa, 103–7; in spite of class differences , 64–67; through women’s informal gatherings, 60–64, 133n13; to overcome campanilismo, 59–60. See฀also Sicilian community Compagno, Josephine, 108–9 Compagno, Marie, 109 conflict, marriage/intermarriage and, 58–59, 60 Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), 43–44, 45 Coniglio, Peter: on class differences among Sicilians, 65; father’s advice to, 89; Santa Rosalia Festa revived by, 116; on Sicilian attitude toward government, 76; urban renewal efforts and, 121, 122 Costanza, Giovanna “Jenny” Lucido, 26–27, 86, 94 credit, 35, 51–52 Crivello, John “Bricky,” 43 Cutino, Peter: on activities of Sicilian women , 55–56, 98; on Sicilian community as family, 57; World War II–era recollections of, 75, 77, 78, 86 Cutino, Rose, 50, 52, 78 Cutino, Rose Aiello, 85 Darling, Mary Brucia, 75–76 dating, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71 D’Avee, William, 104 Davi, Rose, 73, 81 Davi, Vita Crivello, 57, 92 Davis, Kate, 36–37, 54 Della Sala, Charles, 114–15 Della Sala, Rose, 114–15 Detroit, migration to Monterey by way of, 16, 27, 29 di Leonardo...