Putting Their Hands on Race offers an important labor history of 19th and early 20th century Irish Immigrant and US Southern Black migrant Domestic workers.
Southern Black migrant women resisted the gendered racism of Domestic service,.
Their migrations to northeastern cities challenged racial hierarchies and formations.
Drawing on a range of archival sources, this intersectional study explores how these women were significant to the racial labor and citizenship politics of Their time.
Putting Their Hands on Race offers an important labor history of 19th and early 20th century Irish Immigrant and US Southern Black migrant Domestic workers