“Thanks in good part to that 1911 congressional report and to Lombroso, the United States passed the Immigration Act of 1924, more or less ending immigration for Southern Italians and Eastern European Jews. After the turn of the century, around… — Helene Stapinski Copy Share Image
“I needed a wife, goddamnit, someone to take care of me while I took care of business. But I was the wife. And mother.… — Helene Stapinski Copy Share Image
“Vita had the same crooked smile I had, and that many of the women in my family had, what we called our Mona Lisa… — Helene Stapinski Copy Share Image
“Thanks in good part to that 1911 congressional report and to Lombroso, the United States passed the Immigration Act of 1924, more or less… — Helene Stapinski Copy Share Image
“Life there had been grim, but he had a maid, a woman who took care of him and cooked for him and even bathed… — Helene Stapinski Copy Share Image
