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The Irish Bridget: Irish Immigrant Women in Domestic Service in America, 1840-1930 (Irish Studies)
Margaret Lynch-Brennan
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Description for The Irish Bridget: Irish Immigrant Women in Domestic Service in America, 1840-1930 (Irish Studies)
Paperback. Margaret Lynch-Brennan tells the real story of Irish domestic servants, often in their own words, providing a richly detailed portrait of their lives and experiences. Series: Irish Studies (Paperback). Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Bridget"" was the Irish immigrant service girl who worked in American homes from the second half of the nineteenth century into the early years of the twentieth. She is widely known as a pop culture cliché: the young girl who wreaks havoc in middle-class American homes. Now, in the first book-length treatment of the topic, Margaret Lynch-Brennan tells the real story of such Irish domestic servants, often in their own words, providing a richly detailed portrait of their lives and experiences.
Many of the socially marginalised Irish immigrant women of this era made their living in domestic service. ... Read more
Bridget"" was the Irish immigrant service girl who worked in American homes from the second half of the nineteenth century into the early years of the twentieth. She is widely known as a pop culture cliché: the young girl who wreaks havoc in middle-class American homes. Now, in the first book-length treatment of the topic, Margaret Lynch-Brennan tells the real story of such Irish domestic servants, often in their own words, providing a richly detailed portrait of their lives and experiences.
Many of the socially marginalised Irish immigrant women of this era made their living in domestic service. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
Condition
New
Series
Irish Studies
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815633549
SKU
V9780815633549
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About Margaret Lynch-Brennan
Margaret Lynch-Brennan is retired from the New York State Education Department, USA where she worked on issues related to civil rights, education reform, and professional development. She holds a Ph.D. in American history from SUNY Albany and has taught in SUNY Oneonta’s Cooperstown Graduate Program.
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