Audio Recording "In the Dominican Republic 10, 15 years ago, they didn't have a lot of factories, so women had to work in the house."
"In the Dominican Republic 10, 15 years ago, they didn't have a lot of factories, so women had to work in the house."
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Title
- "In the Dominican Republic 10, 15 years ago, they didn't have a lot of factories, so women had to work in the house."
Names
- Cueto, Milagros "Millie" (Narrator)
- Goicoechea, Aurora (Narrator)
- Carroll, Thomas D. (Interviewer)
Created / Published
- 1994-09-01
Headings
- - Interviews
- - Oral history
- - Sound recordings
- - Dressmaking
- - Dominican Americans
- - 21st Avenue (Paterson, N. J.)
- - Elsa's Fashions (Paterson, N.J.)
- - Ethnography
- - United States -- New Jersey -- Paterson
Genre
- Ethnography
- Interviews
Notes
- - Interview with Milagros Cueto and Aurora Goicoeche. Milagros provided translation for Aurora. Both women work for Elsa Mantilla, making dresses on the third floor of her shop on 21st Avenue.
- - Summary of audio segment: TC asks about their position, given the work they do, in Dominican culture. MC says in their culture, in the Dominican Republic, they didn't have a lot of factories, so women had to work in the house. Now there are many factories, a lot of American owned factories in the Dominican Republic. And a lot of people who know how to make clothes go to work there. So women there are getting accustomed to work in factories. And in this country, they come with the same customs. They know they have to work, and it's difficult to work at home in this country. Have to get permission, etc.
Medium
- Digital Audio Tape
Call Number/Physical Location
- AFC 1995/028: WIP-TDC-A014
Source Collection
- Working in Paterson Project Collection (AFC 1995/028)
Repository
- American Folklife Center
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Online Format
- audio