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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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