Irish Women Immigrants to the Urban Northeast US, 1850-1930

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Irish Women Immigrants to the Urban Northeast US, 1850-1930

When the emigration pattern from Ireland to America began it was almost exclusive amongst the single Irish male. It was difficult to be Irish in America, as Americans viewed the ethnicity negatively. They did not like the Irish man, they found their mannerisms and hobbies insulting and their religion, Catholicism, offensive. For this reason, few single Irish women emigrated to America in the years prior to the Irish Famine. The women were satisfied with their lives in Ireland and did not feel the need to subject themselves to a lifetime of prejudice in a foreign land. Disapproval of the ethnic group, combined with slow migration patterns, meant that there were very few support networks available in America for a single immigrant Irish woman. The opportunities available for the women in Ireland, combined with the lack of opportunities in America discouraged female migration in the years before the Irish famine. However, once the potato famine struck, life for women was disrupted which forced them to explore greater and different opportunities than those available to them in Ireland. This exploration of something greater resulted in mass female emigration beginning during the famine years and exploding in the century succeeding it. Through American letters, chain migration, a promise of greater employment opportunities, and the formation of a community of Irish Catholic immigrants in America Irish women sailed across the Atlantic in pursuit of liberty, love, and social mobility.

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Record Origin: Irish Women Immigrants to the Urban Northeast US, 1850-1930

Record Creation Date: 2022-04-19

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Title: Irish Women Immigrants to the Urban Northeast US, 1850-1930

Persons: Hannon, Margaret

Resource Type: Thesis/Dissertation

Date Created: 2021-04-28T00:00:00.000-04:00

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Language: English

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Subject LCSH: Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History; Immigrants -- United States-- History

Subject Local Topic: Ireland; United States

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