There are Exceptions to Every Rule: Adjusting the Boundaries – Catholic Sisters and the American West
The essay argues that the expansion of Catholic mission work throughout the nineteenth-century American West brought into focus diverse challenges for nuns. In the West, nuns, like many other pioneer immigrants, tested themselves – physically, culturally, intellectually, spiritually – and in each ca...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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American catholic studies
Year: 2005, Volume: 116, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-22 |
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| Summary: | The essay argues that the expansion of Catholic mission work throughout the nineteenth-century American West brought into focus diverse challenges for nuns. In the West, nuns, like many other pioneer immigrants, tested themselves – physically, culturally, intellectually, spiritually – and in each category pushed back existing gender boundaries. As a result, the sisters, living in an era when the roles of women shifted with rapidity in both public and private spheres, had a major impact on the growth of the Catholic Church in the United States, the building of the community in the West, and the transformation of the European monastery into the American convent. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-8534 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American catholic studies
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