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

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

Nolan, Janet

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19th Century United States History20th Century United States HistoryTeaching Instruction

ISBN10: 0268036608
ISBN13: 9780268036607
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: Oct 14 2004
Pages: 222
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.92 Depth: 8.62
Language: English

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 American women was tied to their educational achievements. Unlike many of their contemporaries, the daughters of Irish America attended four-year academic programs in high schools, followed by two to three years of normal school training. By the first decade of the twentieth century, Irish American women were the largest single ethnic group among public elementary school teachers in cities such as Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco.

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