Spirited lives
Coburn, Carol.
Spirited lives how nuns shaped Catholic culture and American life, 1836-1920 / [electronic resource] : Carol K. Coburn and Martha Smith. - Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, c1999. - xii, 327 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-311) and index.
The French connection : founders, origins, and early activities -- Creating an American identity : survival and expansion in the American milieu -- Educating the good Sister : gender and religious identity -- Expanding American Catholic culture : the trans-Mississippi west -- Promulgating the faith : parochial schools and American Catholic identity -- Educating for Catholic womanhood : secondary academies and women's colleges -- Succoring the needy : nursing, hospitals, and social services.
Electronic reproduction.
Boulder, Colo. :
NetLibrary,
2005.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.
0807875716 (electronic bk.)
Catholic Church--History.--United States
Nuns--History.--United States
Monasticism and religious orders for women--History.--United States
Monastic and religious life of women--History.--United States
Electronic books.
BX4220.U6 / C63 1999eb
271/.90073
Spirited lives how nuns shaped Catholic culture and American life, 1836-1920 / [electronic resource] : Carol K. Coburn and Martha Smith. - Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, c1999. - xii, 327 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-311) and index.
The French connection : founders, origins, and early activities -- Creating an American identity : survival and expansion in the American milieu -- Educating the good Sister : gender and religious identity -- Expanding American Catholic culture : the trans-Mississippi west -- Promulgating the faith : parochial schools and American Catholic identity -- Educating for Catholic womanhood : secondary academies and women's colleges -- Succoring the needy : nursing, hospitals, and social services.
Electronic reproduction.
Boulder, Colo. :
NetLibrary,
2005.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.
0807875716 (electronic bk.)
Catholic Church--History.--United States
Nuns--History.--United States
Monasticism and religious orders for women--History.--United States
Monastic and religious life of women--History.--United States
Electronic books.
BX4220.U6 / C63 1999eb
271/.90073
