Servants of the Poor: Teachers and Mobility in Ireland and Irish America
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In the late nineteenth century, an era in which social mobility was measured almost exclusively by the success of men, Irish American women were leading their ethnic group into the lower middle class occupations of civil service, teaching, and health care. Unlike their immigrant mothers who became servants of the rich, Irish American daughters became servants of the poor by teaching in public school classrooms. The remarkable success of Irish...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0268036608
ISBN13:9780268036607
Release Date:October 2004
Publisher:University of Notre Dame Press
Length:222 Pages
Weight:0.84 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.9" x 8.6"
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