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Daisy discusses coming to the United States from Trinidad in 1949.

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Daisy talks about taking domestic jobs to pay her bills and care for her children. After working many jobs, she decided to get her papers and go to sea.

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Daisy remembers coming to the United States on the SS Washington from Trinidad as a war bride in 1949.

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Daisy discusses taking her first job on the SS United States working in tourist class.

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Daisy talks about the last voyage of the SS United States.

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Daisy talks about the state of the SS United States today, and about how working on a ship is to be part of a community.

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Daisy discusses the women who worked on ships, and about the daily wardrobe inspections on the SS United States.

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Includes entries detailing the first service at the Seamen’s Episcopal Chapel, founded above a grog shop at the corner of Pike and South Streets (July 17, 1843); the service surrounding the raising of the frame ceremony for the Institute’s first…

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Includes entries detailing the first service at the Seamen’s Episcopal Chapel, founded above a grog shop at the corner of Pike and South Streets (July 17, 1843); the service surrounding the raising of the frame ceremony for the Institute’s first…

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