The Irish Bridget Irish Immigrant Women in Domestic Service in America, 1840-1930 |
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Author:
| Lynch-Brennan, Margaret |
Series title: | Irish Studies |
ISBN: | 978-0-8156-3201-6 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2009 |
Publisher: | Syracuse University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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'Bridget' was the Irish immigrant service girl who worked in American homes from the second half of the nineteenth century into the early years of the twentieth. She is widely known as a pop culture cliche: the young girl who wreaks havoc in middle-class American homes. This book tells the story of such Irish domestic servants.
'Bridget' was the Irish immigrant service girl who worked in American homes from the second half of the nineteenth century into the early years of the twentieth. She is widely known as a pop culture cliche: the young girl who wreaks havoc in middle-class American homes. This book tells the story of such Irish domestic servants.