Soap and Water and the Immigrant.

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  • Author(s): Yezierska, Anzia
  • Source:
    New Republic. 2/22/19, Vol. 18 Issue 225, p117-119. 3p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      APPEARANCE discrimination; IMMIGRANTS; DEANS (Education); COLLEGE teachers; UNIVERSITIES & colleges; LAUNDRY; STUDENTS; CHILDREN
    • Subject Terms:
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    • Abstract:
      Presents the experience of the author, an immigrant to the U.S. as a refugee from Russia, at her diploma being withheld by the dean of her college. Personal appearance as the reason for the diploma withheld; Reaction of the author to the dean; Job in a laundry; Routine of the author as compared to that of a privileged student; Experience when the author got a poem "The Machine" in the days of her sweatshop childhood; Dream of going to a college; Sacrifices she gave for being in a college; Studies in college; Reasons why the author could not keep herself clean; Ordeal she underwent at being denied the diploma; Vision she nurtured about the U.S. since her childhood days; Solace found in her chemistry teacher.