The talk this professor gave about Irish immigration shows how the present immigration problems are not new. People already here were as hateful and angry then as many residents are now. - - Donna Poisl
By Kendall Hatch/Daily News staff, MetroWest Daily News
ASHLAND — A Framingham State University professor on Sunday offered a glimpse back into the world of Irish immigrants in Newton around the turn of the century, touching on many themes that are still relevant today.
Susan Dargan, chairwoman of the Sociology Department at Framingham State, gave a presentation of the research she conducted for her doctoral thesis, using articles posted in the Newton Journal between 1870 and 1920 as resource material.
Dargan's presentation at the Ashland Historical Society yesterday focused on the process of assimilation for Irish immigrants and their ability to thrive in society.
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