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Domestic Service
Religion
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Migration
Women in Textile Mills/Irish Dancing
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The percentage of employed Irish women were domestic servants in 1900?
54%
100
What was the dominate religion of Irish immigrants?
Catholic
100
Women in the late 1800s and 1900s were often employed in domestic service?
True
100
What type of people migration to America during post-famine era?
Young, single, women
100
What percentage of Irish women were in industry?
17.19%
200
What are the reasons why Irish women flocked to domestic labor?
High demand for household workers, economic reasons, and easy accommodated for room and board.
200
What were the connections between domestic servants and the Catholic Church?
It was a place to meet and they also gave some of their earnings to the Church and charities.
200
Why did many Irish women move to America?
Jobs
200
What was the average age for women coming over?
21 years old
200
How many perished /got injured in the Pemberton Mills fire?
88 killed, 116 injured
300
What caused the shortage of domestic workers prior to the Irish?
Anti domestic service groups, such as Protestants, Italians and other ethnic group.
300
Did children of domestic servants enter domestic service as well?
No
300
What was the main profession of many second generation Irish had in the early 1900s?
School Teaching
300
What was the number one factor for women coming over to America?
Economic reasons
300
What is a "feiseanna" or "feis'?
Irish festival where there were Irish step dancing competitions.
400
What nick name was used to stereotype the Irish women workers?
Bridget
400
Describe the value of education?
They wanted a better life for there children, and become successful.
400
Many Irish women got there teaching jobs with the help of who?
Political Official
400
Who did the inheritance of land go to?
Oldest brother
400
What are the two styles of step dance?
Cork-Kerry style and the Belfast-Derry style
500
How did religion play a role in creating a disparity between the employers and the domestic servants.
The employers were protestants and domestic servants were Irish Catholic.
500
Where did some of woman's earning go?
To the Catholic Church
500
How many freckles are on a Irish girls face?
How many that are on the girls face.
500
What percentage of emigrants come over with family?
16%
500
How many gallons of water are there in the ocean?
Therefore there are approximately 1,300,000,000,000,000,000,000 liters of water in the oceans, which is 1.3 sextillion liters.