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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Notes on the Oral History of Giovanna Yozzo |
| Author | Yozzo, Giovanna |
| Date | 1979 |
| Document Type | Personal Account |
| Reference | IHRC1106, Box 1 |
| Library / Archive | Immigration History Research Center Archives, University of Minnesota |
| Collection Name | Italians in Dobbs Ferry Oral History Collection |
| Description | Notes transcribing the key points of an oral history with Giovanna, who was deeply religious. Recalls being taken home to Italy for an operation, because there were no Italian doctors in America. These notes also touch upon the immigration of Italians to Brazil in the early twentieth century, where they experienced "a kind of slavery". |
| Theme(s) | Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations |
| Country (from) | Italy |
| Country (to) | United States of America; Brazil |
| Places | Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States; Torre di Ruggiero, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian; European; Italian-American |
| Keywords | imemigrant, immigration, female emigration, emigration, marriage, health and sickness, influenza, religion, Catholicism, societies, broadcasting |
| Additional Information | Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Immigration History Research Center Archives catalogue. |
| Catalogue Link | Immigration History Research Center Archives Catalogue |
| Language | English |
| Document(s) linked to |
Interview with Frank Yozzo [Part 1] Interview with Frank Yozzo [Part 2] Interview with Giovanna Yozzo |
| Copyright | Reproduced by kind permission of the Dobbs Ferry Historical Society, Dobbs Ferry, New York. |
