The hosts introduced the book as the source for their Bad Bridget series, noting it examined the histories of Irish immigrant women in America and presented a collection of truecrime cases.
Maren, I believe, suggested this after reading a book. And the book is Bad Bridget, Crime, Mayhem, and the Lives of Irish Immigrant Women by Drs. Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick.
— Episode: 523 - I'm the Loudest, You're the Smarte...
Episode: 523 - I'm the Loudest, You're the Smartest
The hosts introduced the book as the source for their Bad Bridget series, noting it examined the histories of Irish immigrant women in America and presented a collection of truecrime cases.
Maren, I believe, suggested this after reading a book. And the book is Bad Bridget, Crime, Mayhem, and the Lives of Irish Immigrant Women by Drs. Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick.
So if you want to hear more of these stories, because they've got a bunch of them, because it's basically like the crime records of the day. So you can go and listen to that. So these women basically are referred to as Bad Bridgets because Bridget is a very common Irish name at the time.
As Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick write in their book, Bad Bridget, quote, The dominant narrative of Irish emigration to North America became focused on those who came from humble beginnings in Ireland and made a better life for themselves...