Reminiscences of Maria Georgina Lopez Zambrano : oral history, 2001-2003.

Biographical Note

Lower Manhattan Food Cart Vendor.

Scope and Contents

Born Bogotá, Colombia, immigration to Queens, NY, separation from family, career: teacher in Colombia, childcare work in U.S., caretaker, vendor near World Trade Center [WTC]; blindness; coping strategies; 9/11:smells and sounds, aid to woman whose child died in WTC, fear of looting, transportation difficulties; post-9/11: economic hardship, fear of crowds, importance of friends; Commission for the Blind assistance: insurance, refusing loan, English and computer classes; dissent regarding Iraq War.

Subjects

• Interviews.
• Lopez Zambrano, Maria Georgina, 1942---Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Pozzi-Thanner, Elisabeth, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

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