Across God's frontiers Catholic sisters in the American West, 1850-1920 /
Roman Catholic sisters first travelled to the American West as providers of social services, education, and medical assistance. Butler traces the ways in which sisters challenged and reconfigured contemporary ideas about women, work, religion, and the West; moreover, she demonstrates how religious l...
| Основен автор: | Butler, Anne M., 1938- |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
℗♭2012.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=464091 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Across God's frontiers. |
| Резюме: |
Roman Catholic sisters first travelled to the American West as providers of social services, education, and medical assistance. Butler traces the ways in which sisters challenged and reconfigured contemporary ideas about women, work, religion, and the West; moreover, she demonstrates how religious life became a vehicle for increasing women's agency and power. Moving to the West introduced significant changes for these women, including public employment and thoroughly unconventional monastic lives. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxi, 424 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781469601618 1469601613 |