“No Irish Need Apply”—Not!
Because immigration reformers are routinely denounced as “nativists,” as I’ve always had a soft spot for the much-maligned Know-Nothings—they actually knew quite a lot. But this Journal of Social History article by University of Illinois’ Richard Jensen demonstrating that those “No Irish Need Apply” signs are an urban/ ethnic myth is really eye-opening from a number of points of view.
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