Irish Domestic servants, 'Biddy' and Rebellion in the American Home

Title

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. 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

Gender and History volume 21

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing

Date

2009

Contributor

Wiley.com

Rights

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

Coverage

Irish female domestic servant labor during the 1800's

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