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Confronting “America”
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Responses to Mexican Immigration
• Restriction & Deportation
• Americanization– Melting Pot Ideology– Targeted women & especially children– Church– School
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Americanization Projects
• Emphasized classes in:– Hygiene– Civics– Cooking– Language– Vocational education (e.g., sewing, carpentry)
Messages of emulation & assimilation were promoted
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Ways Mexicans Interacted with El Paso Settlement
• Utilizing selected services
• Claiming “American” identities
• Using Clinics for immunizations
• Becoming missionaries
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History
• In 1900, El Paso’s Mexican community numbered 8,748
• By 1930, population had swelled to 68,476
• From 1930 to 1960, only 1.8% of workforce held white-collar occupations
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Goal of Missionaries
Convert Mexican women to Methodism
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Summary
Mexican women blended their options and created their own paths