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Servants of the Poor: Teachers and Mobility in Ireland and Irish America Janet Nolan
Servants of the Poor: Teachers and Mobility in Ireland and Irish America
Janet Nolan
In the late 19th century, Irish-American women were leading their ethnic group into the lower-middle-class occupations of civil service, teaching, and health care. Janet Nolan argues that the roots of this female-driven mobility can be traced to immigrant women's education in Ireland.
216 pages, 21 illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 14, 2004 |
| ISBN13 | 9780268036591 |
| Publishers | University of Notre Dame Press |
| Pages | 222 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 16 mm · 500 g |
| Language | English |