Why They Left: The Forces That Drove Greek Emigration to America
Between 1880 and 1924, more than 400,000 Greeks left their country for America. They did not leave because they wanted to. They le…
The Church as Nation: Greek Orthodoxy and the Immigrant Community
For Greek immigrants in America, the Orthodox church was never simply a place of worship. It was a school, a courthouse, a communi…
The Man on the Corner: Greek Street Vendors and Shoeshine Men in Early America
— Greek Street Vendors and Shoeshine Men, from Various regions of Greece
Before the diner, before the restaurant, before the candy store — the Greek immigrant built his foothold in America on a shoeshi…
Married by Photograph: The Greek Picture Brides of America
— Greek Picture Brides of America, from Various regions of Greece
Thousands of young Greek women crossed the Atlantic in the early twentieth century to marry men they had never met, knowing them o…
The City of Spindles: Greek Women in the Lowell Mills
— Greek Women Mill Workers of Lowell, Massachusetts, from Various regions of Greece
By 1920, Lowell, Massachusetts was home to the third-largest Greek community in the United States. The women who came there — ma…