TY - BOOK AU - Meaney,Gerardine AU - Whelan,Bernadette AU - O'Dowd,Mary ED - Project Muse. TI - Reading the Irish Woman : : Studies in Cultural Encounters and Exchange, 1714–1960 / T2 - Reappraisals in Irish history SN - 9781781388198 PY - 2013/// CY - Liverpool PB - Liverpool University Press KW - Women KW - fast KW - British & Irish history KW - bicssc KW - HISTORY KW - Europe KW - Ireland KW - bisacsh KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Minority Studies KW - Discrimination & Race Relations KW - History KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Dedication; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Enlightenment; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Emigration; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Modernism; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Open Access N2 - The first analysis of the Enlightenment and Irish women and the most comprehensive study to date of Irish women and American emigration. Irish women negotiated, selected and at times defied the representations of womanhood presented to them in official and commercially sponsored media UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/72700/ ER -