Ann S. Epstein writes novels, short stories, memoir, essays, and poems. Please use the links or site menu to go to the HOME PAGE; learn about her NOVELS, SHORT STORIES, MEMOIR, ESSAYS, and POEMS; find interesting facts in BEHIND THE STORY; read REFLECTIONS on writing; check NEWS for updates on publications and related events; see REVIEWS; learn about her END-OF-LIFE DOULA credentials and services; and CONTACT US to send webmail.
Most Italian male immigrants in the 1900s were manual laborers, constructing public works such as roads, sewers, subways, and bridges. Women worked as seamstresses in factories or did piece work at home. Many established small businesses to serve fellow immigrants in their city’s Little Italy neighborhood. Read more about Italian-Americans at the beginning of the last century in Tazia and Gemma (see NOVELS).
