Reading the Irish woman : studies in cultural encounters and exchange 1714 1960 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 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