Habits of compassion : Irish Catholic nuns and the origins of New York's welfare system, 1830-1920

Habits of compassion : Irish Catholic nuns and the origins of New York's welfare system, 1830-1920 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fitzgerald, Maureen, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2006.
Series:Women in American history.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Public welfare > Religious aspects > Catholic Church > History.
Public welfare > New York (State) > New York > History.
Nuns > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Irish American Catholics > New York (State) > New York > History.
Irish American Catholics
Nuns
Public welfare
Public welfare > Religious aspects > Catholic Church
Ordensschwester
Irische Einwanderin
Sozialarbeit
Nunnor > historia > Förenta staterna > New York > 1830-1920.
Välfärd > religiösa aspekter > Romersk-katolska kyrkan > historia > Förenta staterna > New York > 1830-1920.
Katholische Kirche.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
New York (State) > New York
New York, NY
History
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • Republican mothers and brides of Christ
  • Good girls, bad girls, and the Great Hunger, 1845-70
  • Placing-out and Irish-Catholic cultural reproduction, 1848-64
  • Saving children from the child-savers, 1864-94
  • "The family" and "the institution" : the roads to the White House, 1890-1909
  • The immaculate conception of the welfare state, 1895-1920.

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