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Titles: Hmong Women's Action Team Oral History Project: Interview with Mai N. Moua (Supplied title)
Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Mai Neng Moua is the daughter of Yer Moua and the granddaughter of Ong Vang. She was born in Laos in 1973. Her family immigrated to the U.S. in 1981. She is not married and has no children. She has completed her master's degree and does public affairs work. She speaks the White Hmong dialect although her father's family was Blue Hmong. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Biographical information and religious affiliation. Childhood-school attendance, duties at home, community service, skills taught, social activities as a child, aspirations as a child. Hmong women's roles-decision making inside and outside of home and clan, women in leadership roles and how they are seen in the community, what women do to support their families, family planning, when women feel respected or disrespected. The war and living in refugee camps-memories of fleeing Laos, of refugee camps, difference in treatment of men and women in the camps. Adjustments since coming to the U.S.-skills needed to adjust, learning English, skills from Laos and Thailand that are adaptable or useable in the U.S., citizenship, leadership roles for women in the U.S. versus Laos, public contributions by Hmong women. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: The interview was conducted predominantly in Hmong. The Hmong transcript and an English translation are bound together for this interview.
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Holding Type: Oral History - Interview
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Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 39 pages transcript
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