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Author Coburn, Carol.

Title Spirited lives : how nuns shaped Catholic culture and American life, 1836-1920 / Carol K. Coburn and Martha Smith.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, [1999]
©1999

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  271.9 C658S    Check Shelf
Description xii, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-311) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Nuns -- United States -- History.
Monasticism and religious orders for women -- United States -- History.
Monastic and religious life of women -- United States -- History.
Catholic Church -- United States -- History.
Added Author Smith, Martha, 1928 September 7-
ISBN 0807824739 cloth alkaline paper
0807847747 paperback alkaline paper
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