Past

Soooo, I am pretty excited as to where my research paper is going.  As I continue to write, I realize other things and ideas that I can add.  As of now, I am working on a major section of my paper dealing with what activities immigrant women of Jewish and Italian decent were involved in in their home countries and basically who they were.  Not only this, but how conflict between the cultures altered and created a kinship once they reached to America.  Mostly, I have found the conflict to be dealing with religion (i.e. Jewish women vs. Catholics from Italy).  Since I am focusing on leisure activities and basically activities outside of the home, the involvement of these women in church fits very well.  Eventually, I will get to the concept that, contrary to past disagreements on religion, etc., the issues pertaining to womanhood in America brought them together as a community because of the experiences of their past!