Coburn, Carol. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-311) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Boulder, Colo. : <br/>NetLibrary, <br/>2005. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0807875716 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Catholic Church--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nuns--History.--United States<br/>Monasticism and religious orders for women--History.--United States<br/>Monastic and religious life of women--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX4220.U6  / C63 1999eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>271/.90073