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Italian-American American women, because of their poverty, frequently worked outside of their homes as domestics in order to support their Italian husbands.

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The vast majority of Italians who came to the United States were very poor peasants or workers from Southern Italy (the poorest part of Italy), who had to live in harsh conditions, work for long hours, and support each other in order to survive during their first years in the United States.

Italian American women did not only work as domestic servants to help support their families, but also as laborers in factories, because most Italians emigrated to the industrial Northeast, and also in shops, restaurants, bars, and even agriculture.

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