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Community life

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Oral History Interview with Sophie Stillman, 1979 August

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Identifier: B098.04.0008.00025
Abstract

Topics covered: Lived in a poor village in Russia, mother would buy and sell chickens and eggs and father cattle, did housework in Russia, no opportunities there; brother came straight to Denver and worked in cattle; she came to US through NY, took train to Denver; she worked in a cigar factory, took some night school but quit, learned English from brother’s children; married, had 4 children, left husband but didn't divorce him; always lived on West Side, religious life.

Dates: 1979 August