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A photograph showing Irish immigrants boarding an ocean liner heading towards New York from Queenstown.

An illustration depicting the interior of a typical home for Irish immigrants in New York during the mid to late 1800s.

A Picture of an Irish worker, And the how terrible his surroundings were.

Discussion of the type of Job that Irish female laborers mainly had, and the impact said job had on them financially and personally. This source contributes to the project in that it shows the success that women had when working as domestic…

The source touches upon the arrival of Irish females into the work force, and how they ended up holding a majority of the jobs within the field of housekeeping, they made up 74 percent of domestic servants in New York City. This source contributes to…

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Irish Immigration to the US between 1840 and 1853