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Biographical Note:
Gladys (Glorina) Mendonca Picanso was born on July 18, 1918 in Lowell, MA. Her parents were born on the island of Graciosa. She worked as a hairdresser and owned her own shop.

Scope and Contents:
Interview conducted by Carole MacDougal Perkins, a grad student in the Department of Psychology at UMass Lowell; discussion included her parents' family and immigration; her father's store (Sousa's Market); trips back to the Azores; education history; local dances; her siblings' time in the army; the Holy Ghost Society; current immigration.]]>
Perkins, Carole MacDougal]]> ]]> English]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]>