Erin's daughters in America
by Hasia R. Diner · 1983
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In terms of marriage, work, educational achievement, and upward mobility, Irish women were very different from, and much more successful than, other female immigrants. Diner describes that success in detail, but her primary emphasis is on the qualities that enabled Irish women to prosper in a new and challenging world.
Irish American womenHistory19th centuryWomen, irelandWomen, united statesWomen, diseasesWomen immigrantsEmigration and immigration