Sewing Women gives readers insight into the garment factories of New York City.  One interesting aspect of these chapters was the display of the progression and inclusion of different immigrant groups working in these factories.  It was also interesting to see the differences between the Chinese garment factories and the Korean garment factories.  The Chinese factories had mainly Chinese immigrants who were legal, but Korean garment factories employed often illegal immigrants from South America.  Also, the Chinese factory workers were unionized, whereas the Korean factory workers were not.  I liked reading the field notes of the descriptions of the Chinese and Korean shop floors because they helped me to picture these two types of garment factories.  The Chinese shop floor was filled with rows of machines and was very cramped.  The building was old and seemed to be too small for all of the workers.  Still, the work was more personalized;  women would bring cushions for their chair and snacks to eat in their small work area.  The Korean factories were more modern with elevators and more space.  It was less crowded, but it was also much less personalized and previously distributed.

Another aspect of these chapters I thought was interesting was the information about transnational families because in a sense they are very common today too.  Transnational families have homes in America and another place and often work in America to pay for their life back home.  Only one or two family members, for example the father, would work in America, and the family would stay back home.  Many of these families did not intend to bring the rest of their families to America.  Today, I know people who are living with similar split family situations.  For example, my friend and her immediate family live in America, but her extended family lives in Israel.  Eventually, she and her family will probably go back to Israel.