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Keeping House On The Comstock: Irish Immigrant Women In Nevada, 1850-1880, Christina M. Thompson
Keeping House On The Comstock: Irish Immigrant Women In Nevada, 1850-1880, Christina M. Thompson
Calvert Undergraduate Research Awards
The lives of Irish immigrant women in Nevada during the mid-nineteenth century have not been studied at great length to date. This project attempts to explore the relationship that these women had with their communities, their families, and themselves while comparing their experiences to the lives of Irish immigrant women living in the larger Irish communities located on the east coast of the United States.