Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-216) and index.
Contents
Introduction : Catholic sisters in Chicago's past -- The journey out : from Ireland to America -- Walking nuns : Chicago's Irish Sisters of Mercy -- Caring for abandoned women and girls : the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, 1859-1911 -- The Good Shepherds and the Illinois Technical School for Colored Girls, 1911-53 -- Missionary sisters in black belt neighborhoods -- No color line at Loretto Academy -- Marching for racial justice in Chicago in the 1960s.