Bad Bridget

Crime, Mayhem and the Lives of Irish Emigrant Women

Elaine Farrell, Leanne McCormick

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Penguin Books Ltd
29 March 2024

True crime; Social & cultural history; Migration, immigration & emigration

The untold stories of generations of Irish women who saw their American dream become a nightmare - and the trouble they got into as a result

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, have unearthed a world in which Irish women actually outnumbered Irish men in prison, in which you could get locked up for 'stubbornness', and in which a serial killer called Lizzie Halliday was described by the New York Times as 'the worst woman on earth'. They reveal the social forces that bred this mayhem and dysfunction, through stories that are brilliantly strange, sometimes funny, and often moving. From sex workers and thieves to kidnappers and killers, these Bridgets are young women who have gone from the frying pan of their impoverished homeland to the fire of vast North American cities.

By: Elaine Farrell, Leanne McCormick
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9780241994320
ISBN 10: 0241994322
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 29 March 2024
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Elaine Farrell (Author) Elaine Farrell is a Reader in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen's University Belfast, and co-creator with Leanne McCormick of the Bad Bridget podcast. Leanne McCormick (Author) Leanne McCormick is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Ulster and co-creator with Elaine Farrell of the Bad Bridget podcast.

Reviews for Bad Bridget: Crime, Mayhem and the Lives of Irish Emigrant Women

A fascinating account of an aspect of the diaspora that is rarely given attention . . . Farrell and McCormick have created a captivating account of lives previously ignored * Sunday Independent * An important, impeccably researched though eminently readable book that charts new territory . . . this could yet be the book of 2023 -- Clodagh Finn * Irish Examiner * Fascinating * Irish Times * I just loved it . . . this is a book that will enrich any bookshelf around the country -- Ryan Tubridy