Oct 10, 2018

Annie Abdo: A Peddler… A Tulsa Woman

Annie Coury Abdo was a first-wave Lebanese immigrant to the United States whose life both defies and exemplifies elements of the traditional cultural and historical narratives of Lebanese immigration. Annie rose from peddling to property ownership, a trajectory that embodies the American Dream. Uniquely, however, Annie indirectly serves as one origin point for the way…