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Stitching a Life: An Immigration Story by Mary Helen Fein

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The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman

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Tyler Anbinder - Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York

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Save Ellis Island

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Ellis Island Interviews: In Their Own Words by Peter Morton Coan

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Legacy of Longdale Manor by Carrie Turansky

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Healthcare Insights from Ellis Island - Panel Discussion

A fascinating virtual discussion on Healthcare Insights from Ellis Island
Our esteemed panel of experts discussed:
The historical context of immigrant health examinations at Ellis Island
Comparisons between past and present screening procedures.
The lasting impact of Ellis Island medical practices on contemporary healthcare systems.
The challenges and triumphs faced by immigrants seeking healthcare then and now.
Insights into the fascinating world of immigrant healthcare.
Meet our panelists:
Michelle C. Hehman PhD, RN, NPD-BC
Arlene W. Keeling, PhD, RN, FAAN
Alan Kraut, PhD
John Parascandola, PhD
saveellisisland.org

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Stitching a Life: An Immigration Story by Mary Helen Fein

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Stitching a Life: An Immigration Story by Mary Helen Fein

Просмотров 7614 дней назад

A fascinating live discussion on Stitching a Life: An Immigration Story by Mary Helen Fein, interviewed by Susan Meissner. It’s 1900, and sixteen-year-old Helen comes alone in steerage across the Atlantic from a small village in Lithuania, fleeing terrible anti-Semitism and persecution. She arrives at Ellis Island, and finds a place to live in the colorful Lower East Side of New York. She quick...

The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman

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The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman

Просмотров 111Месяц назад

A live discussion on The Orphan Collector: A Heroic Novel of Survival During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic by Ellen Marie Wiseman. Ellen Marie Wiseman will be interviewed by Maria Smilios. In the fall of 1918, thirteen-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia’s overcrowded slums and the anti-immigrant sentiment that compelled her father to enlist in the U.S. Army. But...

Tyler Anbinder - Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York

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Tyler Anbinder - Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York

Просмотров 6292 месяца назад

A fascinating live discussion on Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York by Tyler Anbinder interviewed by Susan Meissner. In 1845, a fungus began to destroy Ireland’s potato crop, triggering a famine that would kill one million Irish men, women, and children-and drive over one million more to flee for America. Ten years later, the United States had been trans...

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Save Ellis Island

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Save Ellis Island

Ellis Island Interviews: In Their Own Words by Peter Morton Coan

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Ellis Island Interviews: In Their Own Words by Peter Morton Coan

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Ellis Island Interviews: In Their Own Words by Peter Morton Coan, interviewed by Lorie Conway. The stories in this book are the firsthand accounts of the last surviving original immigrants who came to America through Ellis Island’s mythical Golden Door. The immigrants describe in detail the life they left behind - why they emigrated, what they endured in coming here, and what became of them aft...

Legacy of Longdale Manor by Carrie Turansky

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Legacy of Longdale Manor by Carrie Turansky

Просмотров 596 месяцев назад

The Legacy of Longdale Manor by Carrie Turansky. Carrie Turansky was interviewed by Cathy Gohlke. Two women-a century apart-embark on a journey to healing, faith, forgiveness, and romance. In 2012, art historian Gwen Morris travels to England's Lake District to appraise the paintings and antiques of an old family friend, hoping to prove herself to her prestigious grandfather. While at Longdale ...

The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis by Maria Smilios

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The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis by Maria Smilios

Просмотров 3308 месяцев назад

The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis by Maria Smilios. About the book:New York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nursing shortage.In the pre-antibiotic days when tuberculosis stirred people’s darkest fears, killing one in seven, white nurses at Sea View, New York’s largest municipal hospital, began quitting en masse. Desperate to av...

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Secret Brooklyn by Michelle Young

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Secret Brooklyn by Michelle Young One of the weirdest and most glorious museums this weird and glorious city has ever seen”, one of only two trees that have been designated as New York City landmarks, the oldest building in New York City, the hobbit doors of Dennet Place, a park with only one tree, learn how to breathe fire, swallow swords, hammer a nail into your skull and charm a snake, the o...

Ellis Island South Side Hospital Buildings

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Ellis Island South Side Hospital Buildings

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Ellis Island South Side Hospital Buildings

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Ladies of the Lake by Cathy Gohlke

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Ladies of the Lake After two young women’s deep bond is torn apart, what will it take to bring them together again? In The Ladies of the Lake, the beloved author of Saving Amelie and Night Bird Calling returns with a transformative new historical novel about the wonder and complexities of friendship, love, and belonging. When she is forced to leave her beloved Prince Edward Island to attend Lak...

Lloyd Handwerker - Preserving NJ Speakers Virtual Event

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Lloyd Handwerker - Preserving NJ Speakers Virtual Event

Просмотров 133Год назад

Lloyd Handwerker is the grandson of Nathan Handwerker, the founder of the iconic Nathan’s Famous hot dog empire. In 1912 Nathan Handwerker, a Polish Jew, one of 13 children of a poor Jewish shoemaker, came through Ellis Island. He found work as a delivery boy and later obtained a job slicing bread rolls at Feltman's German Gardens, a restaurant in Coney Island, Brooklyn. The restaurant sold fra...

God’s Messenger: The Astounding Achievements of Mother Cabrini

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God’s Messenger: The Astounding Achievements of Mother Cabrini

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God’s Messenger: The Astounding Achievements of Mother Cabrini: A Novel Based on the Life of Mother Frances X. Cabrini Her passion became her reality. Children were her life, and God’s messenger Mother Frances X. Cabrini dedicated her entire life to caring for poor Italian immigrants who sought refuge in the slums of New York City in the early 1890s. A devout champion of education and proper he...

Rhys Bowen & Clare Broyles, Wild Irish Rose

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Rhys Bowen & Clare Broyles, Wild Irish Rose

Просмотров 226Год назад

Wild Irish Rose by Rhys Bowen & Clare Broyles This Author Series Virtual Event was presented by Save Ellis Island. Rhys Bowen, now writing in partnership with her daughter, Clare Broyles, transports and enthralls readers through the incomparable Molly Murphy Sullivan. A brand new novel in this beloved mystery series is cause for celebration for readers and critics alike. New York, 1907. Now tha...

Ariel Lawhon, Kristina McMorris and Susan Meissner, When We Had Wings

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Ariel Lawhon, Kristina McMorris and Susan Meissner, When We Had Wings

Просмотров 2802 года назад

Ariel Lawhon, Kristina McMorris and Susan Meissner, When We Had Wings From three bestselling authors comes an interwoven tale about a trio of World War II nurses stationed in the South Pacific who wage their own battle for freedom and survival. The Philippines, 1941. When U.S. Navy nurse Eleanor Lindstrom, U.S. Army nurse Penny Franklin, and Filipina nurse Lita Capel forge a friendship at the A...