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Contents

List of Illustrations

Series Editor’s Preface

Guide to Pronunciation

INTRODUCTION

The Grasinski Girls

Part 1: Migrations and Generations

Introduction: St. Stan’s Cemetery

1. The Mothers of the Grasinski Girls

Frances Ann: The Lights of the City

2. Ethnicity in the Belly of the Family

Part 2: Choices Given, Choices Made

Introduction: Nuns and Moms

Nadine née Patricia: I Gave My Youth to Jesus Christ and My Old Age to Bob

3. What’s a Polish-American Girl to Do? Working-Class Girls in the Convent

Angela Helen: The Best Time in My Life, and the Worst Time

4. Mothers on Boone Street

Mary Marcelia: I Thought I Was a Superwoman

5. The Importance of Being Mothers

Part 3: Learning to Sing

Introduction: Agency and Resistance

6. Fate and Faith

Caroline Clarice: So I Learned to Fly

7. Kitchen Table Resistance

CONCLUSION A Grasinski Granddaughter

Acknowledgments

Appendix: Description of Research Methods

Notes

Bibliography

Index