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Author Nolan, Janet, 1946-

Title Servants of the poor : teachers and mobility in Ireland and Irish America / Janet Nolan.

Publication Info. Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, [2004]
©2004

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  371.1 N788S    Check Shelf
Description xv, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-183) and index.
Contents Irish education : the best intentions -- Irish schools : windows of opportunity -- "Boston schools for Boston girls!" -- San Francisco : pioneers in the classroom -- Chicago : paradigm shift -- The end of a golden age -- "The one thing they can't take away."
Summary This is a pioneering work that looks at the teaching profession at the turn of the century from the perspective of the women who taught in Irish and American classrooms.
Subject Women teachers -- United States -- History.
Irish American women -- Education (Higher) -- United States -- History.
Irish American women -- Social conditions.
Women -- Education -- Ireland -- History.
Social mobility -- Ireland -- History.
Social mobility -- United States -- History.
Onderwijzers.
Leraren.
Ieren.
Vrouwen.
Sociale mobiliteit.
Frauenbildung. (DE-588)4018214-9
Irin.
Lehrerin. (DE-588)4035097-6
United States.
Social mobility. (OCoLC)fst01122648
Women -- Education. (OCoLC)fst01176670
Women teachers. (OCoLC)fst01178592
Ireland. (OCoLC)fst01205427
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term Geschichte
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Online version: Nolan, Janet, 1946- Servants of the poor. Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, ©2004 (OCoLC)607523713
Online version: Nolan, Janet, 1946- Servants of the poor. Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, ©2004 (OCoLC)607848111
ISBN 0268036594 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780268036591 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0268036608 (paperback; alk. paper)
9780268036607 (paperback; alk. paper)
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