Primetta Giacopini, 100
San Jose, CA
“It's about time we got a woman in there!”
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Born June 1916 in Torrington, CT
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Taken in by an older, childless couple after her mother died when she was two
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In 1929 they retired to Italy, taking her along
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Italian authorities ordered her back to US in 1940 because she was American
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Traveled in convoy through Vichy France and Franco's Spain to Lisbon, then crossed Atlantic on small ship packed with refugees
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Returning to Torrington, got work with General Motors and met husband, Bert, carpooling
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Quit job to care for daughter with spina bifida (who went on to Harvard)
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Retired to San Jose and still lives independently at home
“It's about time we got a woman in there! The men have had plenty of time and have just screwed things up.”