Greek-American Pioneer Women of Illinois

by Greek Women's University Club and Elaine Cotsirilos Thomopoulos

Book Overview

Produced through the Greek Women's University Club, this is a collection of the struggles and triumphs, the pathos and joy of five women who immigrated to the United States.

Greek women pioneers faced a difficult life when they arrived in the xenia (strange land) from the rural farms of Greece. They did not speak English, were bewildered by crowded Chicago and the alien culture, and unlike their male family, often did not have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 073850825X
• ISBN13: 9780738508252
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"