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Habits of Compassion: Irish Catholic Nuns and the Origins of New York's Welfare System, 1830-1920 (Women in American History)
Habits of Compassion Irish Catholic Nuns and the Origins of New York's Welfare System 18301920 - Women in American History
Author: Maureen Fitzgerald
"Habits of Compassion" is a study of Irish-Catholic Sisters' tremendously successful work in founding charitable organizations in New York City from the famine through the early 20th century. Maureen Fitzgerald argues that it was these nuns' championing of the rights of the poor - especially poor women - that resulted in an explosion of state-su...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780252030345
ISBN-10: 0252030346
Publication Date: 2/27/2006
Pages: 312
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Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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