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Schneider, Sally, 1887-1981

 Person

Biography

Jewish immigrant from the old country (desn't know where she was born).

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Oral History Interview with Sally Schneider, 1979 August 30

 Item
Identifier: B098.04.0008.00023
Abstract

Topics Covered: Life in the old country, working at age 11 stripping tobacco, parents very poor, father blind so sent to live with aunt, aunt was horribly abusive; police threatened to take children away; mother kept having children; Sally was in an out of school, eventually lied about her age and got married at 14, left school; worked to send money to her mother.

Dates: 1979 August 30