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April 3, 2018 - January 14, 2020
In 1850, there were 562 Norwegians living in Chicago, making them the third-largest immigrant group, after the German and Irish. Ten years later, that number had increased threefold. By 1870, Norwegian-born Chicagoans numbered more than eight thousand.[5]
According to one eminent historian, “In 1880, about three quarters of Norwegian-born women working outside the home became servants, housekeepers, or laundresses.”[4]
