Erin's Daughters in America: Irish Immigrant Women in the Nineteenth Century - Paperback

by Hasia R. Diner (Author)

"The most sensitive treatment of Irish culture... [and] the most complete history we have of the Irish female experience."-- Labor History

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Described here are thousands of Irish women who saw in America the chance to utilize the energy, ambition, and ability that would otherwise have remained stifled by the poverty and social inflexibility of their native land.