Becoming American

Becoming American
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Becoming American
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Becoming American

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Jennifer White Lee brought her mother, Dorothy White, to the MobileBooth to hear her impressions of America now that she’s lived in the country for over forty years. Jennifer began by asking Dorothy what she first thought, growing up in Ireland.

They were recorded in the StoryCorps MobileBooth when it visited Chicago in 2005.This story originally broadcast November 21, 2005.