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Virtual Event—Carol McKibben: Cannery Row at 75

Date
Thu May 14th 2020, 4:30pm
Event Sponsor
The Bill Lane Center for the American West
Location
Zoom
Virtual Event—Carol McKibben: Cannery Row at 75
Cover of Carol McKibben's book, "Cannery Row"

Seventy five years ago, John Steinbeck wrote a brilliant little novel to entertain soldiers fighting in Europe and the Pacific during World War II. In it, he depicted the world of Monterey, California through the lens of a collection of male characters who lived on its margins. Less interesting for him, but equally compelling for us, were the mostly immigrant women who made up the workforce of the bustling fish canneries that were only alluded to in Steinbeck’s novel. Carol Lynn McKibben, author of Beyond Cannery Row: Sicilian Women, Immigration and Community in Monterey will share the stories of those women. Through their work in the canneries, in family life, and in building community, they transformed Monterey into a far more woman-centered world than Steinbeck imagined.

 

 

 

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