Hudson The Quiet Revolutionaries

How the Grey Nuns Changed the Social Welfare Paradigm of Lewiston, Maine
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-51959-9
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 206 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in American Popular History and Culture

The book recognizes the achievements by a nineteenth-century community of women religious, the Grey Nuns of Lewiston, Maine. The founding of their hospital was significant in its time as the first hospital in that factory city; and is significant today if one desires a more accurate and inclusive history of women and healthcare in America. The fact that this community lived in a hostile, Protestant-dominated, industrial environment while submerged in a French-Canadian Catholic world of ethnicity, tradition and paternalism makes their accomplishments more compelling.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hudson, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Chapter One
· An Autumn Arrival
· The First Lewiston Community
Chapter Two
· Bridges and Borders: Maine, Quebec and Lewiston
· A Textile City
Chapter Three
· Ethnic Struggles: Catholics in Conflict
· Les Candiens francaise
Chapter Four
· Yankee Benevolence and Care
· A Cry of Want
Chapter Five
· Madame d'Youville and Her Daughters
· Grey Nuns, Sister Nurses
Chapter Six
· Portrait of a Grey Nun: Sister Mary of the Incarnation
Chapter Seven
· First Foundations
· The Sisters of Charity, Incorporated
Chapter Eight
· Beyond Nursing: Education
· Beyond Nursing: Child Care
Chapter Nine
· Portrait of a Patient: Jeanne Carpentier and Her Family
Chapter Ten
· The Nuns and the Yankees: A Comparison of Care
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Susan Hudson received her Ph.D from Catholic University of America, specializing in issues of gender and ethnicity in American history. She attended the University of Portland, the University of California Berkeley, and Bowdonin College. She has presented her research at numerous academic and humanities conferences and has published in Maine History.