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A pioneer among secular newspapers was the Boston Transcript when it instituted a religious department "The Churchman Afield" 33 years ago. The "Churchman" was Herbert…
Irish women working as domestic servants (maids) in New York in the late 19th century faced an avalanche of anti-Catholic and racist slurs, with middle-class homeowners often calling them "Bridget" or "Biddy", regardless of whether that was their name or not.