Bad Bridget : crime, mayhem and the lives of Irish emigrant women / Elaine Farrell, Leanne McCormick.
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TextDescription: 288 pages ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781844885817 (pbk.) :
- Female offenders -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Female offenders -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Women immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Women immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Irish -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Irish -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Irish -- Migrations -- History -- 19th century
- Irish -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century
- True Crime
- 364.37 23
- HV6046
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | The Harden Library, King's Hospital | Main | 364.37 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 20/08/2024 | R17776F0499 |
Podcast tie-in.
Ireland in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was not a good place to be a woman. Among the wave of emigrants from Ireland to North America were many, many young women who travelled on their own, hoping for a better life. Some lived lives of quiet industry and piety. Others quickly found themselves in trouble - bad trouble, and on an astonishing scale. Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick, creators of the celebrated 'Bad Bridget' podcast, reveal the social forces that bred this mayhem and dysfunction, through stories that are brilliantly strange, sometimes funny, and often moving.
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