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MOVING BEYOND "RAGS TO RICHES"

History Day Projects

  1. What can we learn about New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrants from their bank accounts?
  2. What was life like for New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrant domestic servants?
  3. What was life like for New York’s Famine-era Irish immigrant seamstresses?
  4. WHat was like in New York for mmigrants from County Donegal?
  5. What was life like for Famine-era Irish immigrants in New York’s Five Points?
  6. What was life like for Famine-era Irish immigrants in New York’s East River waterfront district?
History Day Projects