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Compare and Contrast:Chinese and Mexican Immigrant Women

A woman’s immigration experience can be quite different from that of a man. However, in order to comprehend this experience, I believe that it is most important to understand the specific circumstances surrounding her immigration. What were her motivations to immigrate? What context does she find herself in once she immigrates? What is her social-economic background? Did she come by herself or with family members or friends? Is she married and does she have children? Only with this information can we begin to make assumptions about and comprehend her immigration experience. What I’d really like to focus on is the similarities and difference between the Chinese and Mexican women immigrants, by comparing what kinds of labor they performed, if they organized to improve their living conditions, and what sort of obstacles they faced.
Many Chinese women who immigrated to the United States, specifically California thought that the transition from China to the United Stat...

Posted by: Sylvia Schiavoni

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