Irish Domestic Servants, ‘Biddy’ and Rebellion in the American Home

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Title

Irish Domestic Servants, ‘Biddy’ and Rebellion in the American Home

Subject

The imergance of Irish female laborers into the American workforce, primarily housekeeping and maidwork

Description

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 the project in that it shows the success that women had when working as domestic servants,and this speaks to the different struggles and roles of the immigrant based on their gender. At a point women were sending home to Ireland more money than men.

Creator

Andrew Urban

Source

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.mutex.gmu.edu/doi/10.1111/j.1468-0424.2009.01548.x/full;jsessionid=E2CA2EEAFD0C0EB24FAA077C1612F5AC.f02t04

Publisher

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Date

2004

Contributor

Andrew Urban

Rights

Copyright © 1999-2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Relation

This is an article from Gender and History volume 21

Format

PDF from 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

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