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Response to Chin 1-4

1. The stories of women in the book invoked a lot of sympathy in me. The life of immigrant women, especially Hispanic, that had to leave their children so they could come to NYC and work sound really...

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Sewing Women Chapters 1-4

Apart from producing clothing, the garment workers that toiled in Korean and Chinese factories throughout the 20th century had little in common.  Distinct ideologies highlighted a cultural divide in...

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Sewing Women Chapters 1-4

As Chapter 3 explains, emigration patterns are quite various, differing based on both country of origin and the time period. While the Chinese have had the tendency to immigrate to the United States...

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Chapters 1-4 Response

It was rather interesting to see how culturally different the Korean and Chinese factories were. In the Chinese factories, the atmosphere is more relaxed. The workers talked about their children,...

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Sewing Women (Ch. 1-4)

It is interesting to see the changes throughout the garment industry as the years go by, laws get passed, and worldwide wars are in affect.  The relationships between the changing times as well as the...

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Sacrifice (Chin, Chapter 1-4)

The aspect of this reading that affected me the most was the idea of sacrifice, and the differences in sacrifice that different ethnic groups had to experience in order to try and create better lives...

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Chin1-4

After reading the first few chapters of “Sewing Woman”, I gathered a few important key points about the factory workers in New York City. First of all, there seemed to have been a drastic difference...

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Sewing Women (1-4)

These chapters were interesting in that they revealed all the different faces of the garment factory. The industry was not a stagnant business dominated by only one group of people. Instead, the...

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Sewing Women – Chapters 1-4 Response

Reading these first four chapters of “Sewing Women” evoked emotions inside of me, just as strong as the connections I immediately made with the stories that were presented. I, like my classmates, found...

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Sewing Women Ch. 1-4

Sewing Women gives readers insight into the garment factories of New York City.  One interesting aspect of these chapters was the display of the progression and inclusion of different immigrant groups...

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