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McCarthy elegantly connects the quest of Irish American women for respectability with their activism on behalf of their community.--Hasia R. Diner, author of Erin's Daughters in America This interesting book will go some way to fill a void in historical studies as, while much ink has been spilled on the work of John Devoy, O'Donovan Rossa and other men in the Irish national movement in America, relatively little has been written about the role women played there, in not only the national movement, but also in the suffragette and progressive movements.--The Irish Times McCarthy has broken new ground by unearthing women such as Maud Malone who was well known in her time.--Margaret Lynch-Brennan, author of The Irish Bridget: Irish Immigrant Women in Domestic Service in America, 1840-1930 Respectability and Reform dramatically shifts our understanding of Irish American women's lives and deserves a wide readership not just by those interested in Irish American history but in American history more generally.--Ely Janis, author of A Greater Ireland

"McCarthy elegantly connects the quest of Irish American women for respectability with their activism on behalf of their community.-- ""Hasia R. Diner, author of Erin's Daughters in America"" McCarthy has broken new ground by unearthing women such as Maud Malone who was well known in her time.-- ""Margaret Lynch-Brennan, author of The Irish Bridget: Irish Immigrant Women in Domestic Service in America, 1840-1930"" Tara McCarthy brings together the traditions of labour activism and Irish nationalism to persuasively argue that these movements influenced each other, and those activists went on to join and influence the women's suffrage movement in the United States.-- ""Women's History Association of Ireland"" This interesting book will go some way to fill a void in historical studies as, while much ink has been spilled on the work of John Devoy, O'Donovan Rossa and other men in the Irish national movement in America, relatively little has been written about the role women played there, in not only the national movement, but also in the suffragette and progressive movements.-- ""The Irish Times"" Respectability and Reform dramatically shifts our understanding of Irish American women's lives and deserves a wide readership not just by those interested in Irish American history but in American history more generally.-- ""Ely Janis, author of A Greater Ireland"""

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Tara M. McCarthy is associate professor of history at Central Michigan University. Her main research interests include American women, social reform movements, and immigration.

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