Dear America — Season 1, Episode 5: So Far From Home

Episode synopsis

Mary, a teenage immigrant from Ireland, finds that working in a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts is not what she'd envisioned as new life in America.

About Dear America

Based on the best-selling Scholastic books; Dear America features the rich and spirited stories of young women at various turning points in history.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1A Picture of Freedom
• E2Dreams in the Golden Country
• E3A Journey to the New World
• E4Standing in the Light
• E6The Winter of Red Snow
• E7Color Me Dark
• E8A Line in the Sand
• E9When Will This Cruel War Be Over?