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Shaping Hawaii: The Voices of Women

Joyce Lebra

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Description:Shaping Hawai'i; the Voices of Women is a reprint of Women's Voices in Hawaii; Oral histories of the Islands' first settlers, representatives of the nine different ethnic groups that make up Hawaii.Sometimes when our elders tell us about the old days of Hawai'i, we hear a sugar-coated version. Joyce Chapman Lebra's oral history of women, from turn-of-20th-century Hawai'i to the Second World War, lets the women tell it like it was. Shaping Hawai'i: The Voices of Women is a world of picture brides, arranged marriages, oppressive labor conditions, abuse, filial duties, and the loss of family. Amidst all this, there was also a world of love and courtship, mutual aid societies, communal bread ovens, midwives, and willing sacrifice to educate children. Dr. Lebra takes us into the lives of women from nine ethnic groups who saw the birth and early decades of the 20th century in Hawai'i. Hawaiian, Scottish-English, Chinese, Portuguese, Japanese, Okinawan, Puerto-Rican, Korean, Filipina. The women tell their stories in their own words - genuine and compelling accounts of their trials and triumphs.Dr. Lebra's interviews were conducted in the late 1980s. The interviewees were mostly octogenarians; many of them are now gone. Without her work, details of these women's contributions to the ornate quilt of Hawai'i life would have been lost.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shaping Hawaii: The Voices of Women. To get started finding Shaping Hawaii: The Voices of Women, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Shaping Hawai'i; the Voices of Women is a reprint of Women's Voices in Hawaii; Oral histories of the Islands' first settlers, representatives of the nine different ethnic groups that make up Hawaii.Sometimes when our elders tell us about the old days of Hawai'i, we hear a sugar-coated version. Joyce Chapman Lebra's oral history of women, from turn-of-20th-century Hawai'i to the Second World War, lets the women tell it like it was. Shaping Hawai'i: The Voices of Women is a world of picture brides, arranged marriages, oppressive labor conditions, abuse, filial duties, and the loss of family. Amidst all this, there was also a world of love and courtship, mutual aid societies, communal bread ovens, midwives, and willing sacrifice to educate children. Dr. Lebra takes us into the lives of women from nine ethnic groups who saw the birth and early decades of the 20th century in Hawai'i. Hawaiian, Scottish-English, Chinese, Portuguese, Japanese, Okinawan, Puerto-Rican, Korean, Filipina. The women tell their stories in their own words - genuine and compelling accounts of their trials and triumphs.Dr. Lebra's interviews were conducted in the late 1980s. The interviewees were mostly octogenarians; many of them are now gone. Without her work, details of these women's contributions to the ornate quilt of Hawai'i life would have been lost.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shaping Hawaii: The Voices of Women. To get started finding Shaping Hawaii: The Voices of Women, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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