DescriptionEdith Elizabeth Lowry was born on March 23rd, 1897 in Plainfield NJ. After her graduation from Wellesley College in 1920, Lowry was involved with several organizations that promoted the health and...
DescriptionAlberta Gonzalez was born in Puerto Rico in 1914. In July 1950, with economic conditions in Puerto Rico deterioration and viable opportunity for single women in the work force, Gonzalez migrated to...
DescriptionAlberta Gonzalez was born in Puerto Rico in 1914. In July 1950, with economic conditions in Puerto Rico deterioration and viable opportunity for single women in the work force, Gonzalez migrated to...
DescriptionThis pamphlet was issued to help prepare the public in the United States for the reintegration of the Japanese Americans who had been placed in relocation camps during World War II. It describes a...
DescriptionThis interview was conducted as part of the New Jersey Historical Commission Grant-funded Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project. The interviewee is Mr. Upendra Chivukula who is from southern India. He...
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970), Contemporary America (1968-present)
DescriptionJersey Homesteads (later Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial cooperative community. It was established specifically for urban Jewish garment workers, many of whom had...