Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT
At 16, her father put her in his horse drawn cart and sent her away to catch a boat, by herself, to America, where her older sister lived. She arrived at Ellis Island around the turn of the century and got a job as a maid in New York City. Here she is with her sister. https://t.co/OgHGRX7vWK — PolitiTweet.org