Hmong Women's Action Team Oral History Project: Interview with Sia Y. Thao

Titles: Hmong Women's Action Team Oral History Project: Interview with Sia Y. Thao (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Sia Yang is the mother of Khias Yang. Her clan name is Yang and her husband's clan name is Vang. She is fifty-five years old and has seven children, five are living. She is widowed. She did not attend school. Her family immigrated to the U.S. in April 1980. She was born in Phuam Yav, Laos. She is a White 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.

Dates

• 12/01/1999 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Thao, Sia Yang
• interviewer: Yang, Khias

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 86
• Accession Number: AV2001.103.18

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Hmong Women's Action Team Oral History Project' <OH 86>

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 68 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:16:29 running time

Subjects

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