Compared to the immigration experience of Italians, the Irish experience was somewhat unusual in that

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While all of the options are true to some extent, the fact that over half of Irish immigrants were women is particularly unusual compared to other immigrant groups. Most other groups had a more balanced gender distribution, with roughly equal numbers of men and women. The high proportion of women in the Irish immigration wave is often attributed to the prevalence of domestic and low-paying service jobs in the US at the time, which were seen as more suitable for women than for men.

Compared to the Immigration Experience of Italians, the Irish Experience