Vowels, Josephine

Date:
1979-08-29
Length:
60 minutes
Interviewer:
Frederick, Olivia
Transcription available:
no
Series:
General collection
Series ID:
0000-000
Interview Number(s):
__789
Summary:
Josephine Vowels describes growing up in an Italian-American neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York; New York City during World War II; her marriage and move to rural Kentucky; the hostility she encountered and how she overcame it; her two children and divorce.
Topic(s):
Family histories, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), World War, 1939-1945, Farm life, Migration