Ourselves alone : women's emigration from Ireland, 1885-1920 /

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In early April of 1888, sixteen-year-old Mary Ann Donovan stood alone on the quays of Queenstown in county Cork waiting to board a ship for Boston in far-off America. She was but one of almost 700,000 young, usually unmarried women, traveling alone, who left their homes in Ireland during the late ni...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nolan, Janet, 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2009.
Edition:Paperback edition.
Subjects:
Young women > Ireland > Social conditions.
Single women > Ireland > Social conditions.
Women immigrants > United States > History.
Irish > United States > History.
Jeunes femmes > Irlande > Conditions sociales.
Femmes seules > Irlande > Conditions sociales.
Immigrantes > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
Emigration and immigration
Irish
Single women > Social conditions
Women immigrants
Young women > Social conditions
Ireland > Emigration and immigration > History.
Irlande > Émigration et immigration > Histoire.
Ireland
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Going Alone; 1 The Changing Face of Ireland, 1830-1880; 2 Women and Social Change, 1830-1880; 3 Women and Emigration, 1880-1920; 4 The Impact of Women's Emigration, 1880-1920; 5 Irish Women in America, 1880-1920; Conclusion: Ourselves Alone
  • Appendix; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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