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was born in Borosna, Russia, and arrived
in the United States in 1889. She wrote her memoirs in 1947.
"We traveled steerage and it was not fit for dogs. I can
still smell the terrible odor that made me so sick; my mother
was very sensitive to smells so I came by it honestly. I was
so ill that I didn't care whether I lived or died. Of course
mother did some tall praying; she did not want to feed the fish
with the bodies of her children."
 



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An online exhibition from the Palace of the Governors / New Mexico History Museum, organized by TREX— Traveling Exhibitions Program, with generous support from the Dobkin Family Foundation.
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