LEADER 03020nam 2200649 450 001 9910825431503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-4760-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000333934 035 $a(EBL)1915062 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001402619 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12473991 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402619 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11357419 035 $a(PQKB)10816503 035 $a(OCoLC)654584832 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43841 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1915062 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11011618 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL690820 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1915062 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000333934 100 $a20150205h20091989 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOurselves alone $ewomen's emigration from Ireland, 1885-1920 /$fJanet A. Nolan 205 $aPaperback edition. 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d2009. 210 4$dİ1989 215 $a1 online resource (148 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-322-59538-0 311 $a0-8131-1684-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aIn 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 -- many of which appear here for the first time -- including personal reminiscences, interviews, oral histories, letter, and autobiographies as well as data from Irish 606 $aYoung women$zIreland$xSocial conditions 606 $aSingle women$zIreland$xSocial conditions 606 $aWomen immigrants$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aIrish$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aIreland$xEmigration and immigration$xHistory 615 0$aYoung women$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aSingle women$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aWomen immigrants$xHistory. 615 0$aIrish$xHistory. 676 $a304.8/3730415 700 $aNolan$b Janet$f1946-$01683791 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825431503321 996 $aOurselves alone$94054853 997 $aUNINA