Servants of the Poor: Teachers and Mobility in Ireland and Irish America

by Janet Nolan

Book Overview

In the late nineteenth century, an era in which social mobility was measured almost exclusively by the success of men, Irish American women were leading their ethnic group into the lower middle class occupations of civil service, teaching, and health care. Unlike their immigrant mothers who became servants of the rich, Irish American daughters became servants of the poor by teaching in public school classrooms. The remarkable success of Irish...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268036608
• ISBN13: 9780268036607
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.6"