The State University of New York's Peter Kwong points out in his book The New Chinatown that at that time many older skilled and experienced Italian and East European women were retiring from New York's clothing industry, and Chinese women, diligent and eager to learn, were right there to take their places.
紐約州立大學老韋斯特伯里分校副教授、「新唐人街」一書作者鄺治中指出，當時紐約的服裝業界，大批具技術、富有經驗的義大利及東歐婦女正值退休，勤儉刻苦、又願意學習的華人婦女剛好彌補這個空缺。