The Grasinski Girls : The Choices They Had and the Choices They Made.

Intro -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Series Editor's Preface -- Guide to Pronunciation -- Introduction: The Grasinski Girls -- Part 1: Migrations and Generations -- Introduction: St. Stan's Cemetery -- 1. The Mothers of the Grasinski Girls -- Frances Ann: The Lights of the City -- 2. Ethnicity in the Belly of the Family -- Part 2: Choices Given, Choices Made -- Introduction: Nuns and Moms -- Nadine née Patricia: I Gave My Youth to Jesus Christ and My Old Age to Bob -- 3. What's a Polish-American Girl to Do? Working-Class Girls in the Convent -- Angela Helen: The Best Time in My Life, and the Worst Time -- 4. Mothers on Boone Street -- Mary Marcelia: I Thought I Was a Superwoman -- 5. The Importance of Being Mothers -- Part 3: Learning to Sing -- Introduction: Agency and Resistance -- 6. Fate and Faith -- Caroline Clarice: So I Learned to Fly -- 7. Kitchen Table Resistance -- Conclusion: A Grasinski Granddaughter -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Description of Research Methods -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

The Grasinski Girls were working-class Americans of Polish descent, born in the 1920s and 1930s, who created lives typical of women in their day. They went to high school, married, and had children. For the most part, they stayed home to raise their children. And they were happy doing that.

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