New women of the old faith: gender and American Catholicism in the progressive era

Introduction -- Chiefly among women : the old faith, the new woman, and the creation of a usable past -- Enlarging our lives : higher education, Americanism, and Trinity College for Catholic women -- The wageless work of paradise : Catholic sisters, professionalization, and the school question -- Th...

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Main Author: Cummings, Kathleen Sprows 19XX- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Chapel Hill, N.C. University of North Carolina Press 2009
In:Year: 2009
Reviews:[Rezension von: Cummings, Kathleen Sprows, New Women of the Old Faith: Gender and American Catholicism in the Progressive Era] (2009) (CAMPBELL, DEBRA)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Woman / Social role / Catholic church / Society / History 1850-1940
Further subjects:B Sex role Religious aspects Catholic Church History
B Catholic Church United States History
B Sex role
B Women in the Catholic Church United States History
B Progressivism (United States politics)
B Women in the Catholic Church (United States) History
B Catholic Church (United States) History
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Summary:Introduction -- Chiefly among women : the old faith, the new woman, and the creation of a usable past -- Enlarging our lives : higher education, Americanism, and Trinity College for Catholic women -- The wageless work of paradise : Catholic sisters, professionalization, and the school question -- The morbid consciousness of womanhood : Catholicism, anti-suffrage, and the limits of sisterhood
Introduction -- Chiefly among women : the old faith, the new woman, and the creation of a usable past -- Enlarging our lives : higher education, Americanism, and Trinity College for Catholic women -- The wageless work of paradise : Catholic sisters, professionalization, and the school question -- The morbid consciousness of womanhood : Catholicism, antisuffrage, and the limits of sisterhood
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-261) and index
ISBN:0807832499