Mocking ‘Bridget’: Irish immigrant stereotypes after the Famine

Irish immigrant women were a common target of satire in Anglo-American print culture in the latter half of the nineteenth century, known as ‘Bridget’. Jokes about ‘Bridget’ crossed the Atlantic in both directions, contributing to a transnational repository of comic Irish tropes. This talk will discuss how representations of the most common of Irish working women – the domestic servant – reflected middle-class anxieties around changing class and gender roles. Dr Catherine Healy is Historian-in-Residence at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum DATE: 1st February 2024 TIME: 5.30pm – 6.30pm WHERE: EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum COST: €5 Book Now For more click here