| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Irish studies
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Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1. Life and labor -- Life in the Irish American community: an overview -- Radicals and reformers: the origins of women's labor activism and alliances -- Part 2. Irish nationalism -- Charitable Colleens or voracious viragoes? The influence of the Ladies' Land League and its legacy -- Propaganda, protest, purchasing, and picketing: Irish American women's nationalist strategies in the twentieth century -- The suffrage movement -- The politics of identity: Irish Americans and woman suffrage in the nineteenth century -- Twentieth-century connections: suffrage tactics, trade unionists, and the lessons of Tammany Hall -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"This project offers a national study of the different agendas and strategies pursued by Irish American women in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, focusing on their roles in diaspora nationalism, the labor movement, and the suffrage movement."--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ladies' Land League -- History.
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Ladies' Land League. |
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History. |
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Irish American women -- Political activity.
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Irish American women. |
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Political participation. |
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Women political activists -- United States -- History.
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Women political activists. |
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United States. |
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Irish question.
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Irish question. |
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Labor movement -- United States -- History.
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Labor movement. |
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Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History.
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Women -- Suffrage. |
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Women social reformers -- United States -- History.
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Women social reformers. |
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Irish American women -- History.
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Irish Americans -- Politics and government.
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Irish Americans -- Politics and government. |
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Irish Americans. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Added Title |
Irish American women's activism, 1880-1920 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: McCarthy, Tara M. Respectability and reform. First edition. Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, [2018] 9780815635703 (DLC) 2018000376 |
| ISBN |
9780815654360 (electronic book) |
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0815654367 (electronic book) |
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9780815635703 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780815635888 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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