The Irish Bridget : Irish immigrant women in domestic service in America, 1840-1930 / Margaret Lynch-Brennan ; with a foreword by Maureen O'Rourke Murphy.

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Main Author: Lynch-Brennan, Margaret
Language:English
Published: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2009.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Household employees > United States > History > 19th century.
Household employees > United States > History > 20th century.
Immigrants > United States > History > 19th century.
Immigrants > United States > History > 20th century.
Irish American women > United States > History > 19th century.
Irish American women > United States > History > 20th century.
Physical Description:xxii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Home life in Ireland
  • From Ireland
  • To America
  • The world of the American mistress
  • The work world of the Irish Bridget
  • The social world of the Irish Bridget
  • Was Bridget's experience unique?