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Biographical Note:
Wilhemina's parents both immigrated to the United States from the island of Graciosa in the Azores. They got married shortly after arriving and Wilhemina was born on May 30, 1914. Her sister was named Mary Foley. Their parents worked in Boott Mills in Lowell until their father found work in Machester, N.H., where they lived for many years.

Scope and Contents:
Interview conducted by Carole MacDougal Perkins, a grad student in the Department of Psychology at UMass Lowell; tells how Wilhemina's parents immigrated to U.S.; their strict portuguese customs; work in the mills; how Wilhemina parented her children differently; relationship between ethnic groups.]]> Perkins, Carole MacDougal]]> here.]]> ]]> English]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]> Graciosa (Azores)]]>