women immigrants

Irish immigrant Molly Murphy, determined to start a career in New York City helping families in Europe find lost relatives in America, gets her foot in the door when she secures a job with tough old private detective Paddy Riley, but her focus changes when she arrives for work one morning to find her boss has been the victim of foul play.

"In November 2016, Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, the first Indian American woman to serve in that role. Two years later, [she] . . . won reelection with more votes than any other member of the House. Jayapal, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, proved her progressive bonafides when she introduced the most comprehensive Medicare-for-all bill to Congress in February. Behind the story of Jayapal's rise to political prominence lie over two decades of devoted advocacy on behalf of immigrants and progressive causes--and years of learning how to turn activism into public policy that serves all Americans. [This book] . . . is Jayapal's account of the path from sixteen-year-old Indian immigrant to grassroots activist, state senator, and now progressive powerhouse in Washington, DC. . . [which] offers a wealth of ideas and inspiration for a new generation of engaged citizens interested in fighting back and making change, whether in Washington or in their own communities"--Provided by publisher.

Looks at the lives of one-hundred immigrant women, including Anna Wintour, Carmen Miranda, Diane von F?rstenberg, Gloria Estefan, Golda Meir, Liz Claiborne, Madeleine Albright, and many more.

"[The] . . . story of an immigrant sweatshop worker who married an heir to a great American fortune and became one of the most charismatic radical leaders of her time"--Provided by publisher.

"Her parents moved her from Austria to Tokyo, Japan before she started school. They were all rendered stateless when Nazi Germany and Austria stripped Jews of their citizenship. She graduated high school fluent in Japanese plus four other languages and went to college in America at age 15. Cut off from her parents by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and America's entry into World War II, she went years not knowing if they were alive. She returned to post-war Japan as an interpreter, found her parents, and wrote the fateful words that make her a storied feminist hero in that nation even today. As Justice Sonia Sotomayor said about Beate Sirota Gordon, 'It is a rare life treat for a Supreme Court Justice to get to meet a framer of a Constitution. It is rarer indeed for that framer to have been a woman'"--Provided by the publisher.

Ah-Kim Chang and her mother immigrate to Brooklyn, where they work for Kim's Aunt Paula in a Chinatown clothing factory earning barely enough to keep them alive; however, Kim's perseverance and hard work earns her a place at an elite private school where she is befriended by Annette, who helps her adjust to American culture.

Scarlett Chen is far from her native China, when she gets shipped off to America in order to give birth on American soil. The father wants every advantage for his son and U.S. citizenship will give him that. But when a new sonogram reveals the unexpected, Scarlett runs away to San Francisco's Chinatown with a stowaway, desperately trying to build her own future.

San Francisco ghostwriter Ruth Young finally begins to understand her Alzheimer's-afflicted mother LuLing's preoccupation with ghosts and curses when she reads LuLing's writings of her dark backwoods childhood in 1920s China-- where LuLing's mute, disfigured nursemaid committed suicide, and a nearby cave held what may have been the bones of the lost ancient hominid Peking Man.

Presents twenty-two original essays in which first generation immigrant women discuss their introduction to America, addressing issues such as identity, ethnicity, race, and Americanization.

Alexandra, the daughter of a Swedish immigrant farmer in Nebraska, becomes a wealthy land owner after she inherits the family farm and finds love with an old friend.