Irish female labor in the 1800's : Domestic Servants
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Title
Irish female labor in the 1800's : Domestic Servants
Subject
Irish female laborers jobs and challenges faced
Description
Discussion of the type of job that Irish female laborers mainly had, and the impact said job had on them financially and personally
Creator
Andrew Urban
Source
Gender and History volume 21
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing
Date
2009
Contributor
Wiley.com, Andrew Urban, David Roediger, Mary Anne Sadlier, Maureen Fitzgerald
Rights
Copyright © 1999-2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Relation
This is an article from Gender and History volume 21
Format
PDF form and HTML form of article
Language
English
Type
Immigration history
Identifier
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.mutex.gmu.edu/doi/10.1111/j.1468-0424.2009.01548.x/full;jsessionid=E2CA2EEAFD0C0EB24FAA077C1612F5AC.f02t04
Coverage
Irish female domestic servant labor during the 1800's
Collection Items
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