Ourselves Alone Women's Emigration from Ireland, 1885-1920.
Nolan, Janet, 1946-
Ourselves Alone Women's Emigration from Ireland, 1885-1920. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1989. - 1 online resource (148 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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
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 nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in a move unprecedented in the annals of European emigration. Using a wide variety of sources --
9780813147604
Young women--Social conditions.--Ireland
Single women--Social conditions.--Ireland
Women immigrants--History.--United States
Irish--History.--United States
Electronic Books.
HQ1600 / .O977 1989
Ourselves Alone Women's Emigration from Ireland, 1885-1920. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1989. - 1 online resource (148 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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
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 nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in a move unprecedented in the annals of European emigration. Using a wide variety of sources --
9780813147604
Young women--Social conditions.--Ireland
Single women--Social conditions.--Ireland
Women immigrants--History.--United States
Irish--History.--United States
Electronic Books.
HQ1600 / .O977 1989